The argument Thomas Paine writes about was the need for the independence of the American colonies from Great Britain. What Thomas Paine first started to write about was the relationship between society and government and how a government's people could be judged only on the way to protect the liberty and property of citizens. Thomas Paine said that government's purpose was to protect life, liberty and property, and that a government should be judged solely on the basis of the extent to which it accomplishes this goal. He continues to say that as a colony of Britain, America lacks respectability on the international scene. That America is seen simply as rebels, and cannot form substantial alliances with other nations. In order to prosper in
