# Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 5

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-5>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** January 4, 2017

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George H. Smith continues his discussion of Thomas Paine’s theory of rights and government.

[Originally published in essay form on May 23, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-5)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._