# Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 4

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-4>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** December 28, 2016

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George H. Smith discusses Thomas Paine’s theory of rights.

[Originally published in essay form on May 16, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-4)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._