# Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** December 14, 2016

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In 1792, Thomas Paine was tried for seditious libel. In this essay, George H. Smith discusses the prosecution’s case.

[Originally published in essay form on May 2, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-2)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._