The size of government & the scope of individual liberty are things that should concern any conservative.
Paine actually was a precursor of today's Left. Jefferson was rather more complicated, given his tendency to be on multiple sides of so many questions. I do think Jefferson would be a Democrat if he was alive today.
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Yes, and Paine is widely regarded as a “classical liberal.” Progressivism is just classical liberalism with more government force.
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Paine was much more than that. He was carried away by the illiberal French Revolution.
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