# Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 9

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-9>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** February 1, 2017

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George H. Smith explains some of Thomas Paine’s ideas about the nature of a republic and the benefits of a representative form of government.

[Originally published in essay form on June 20, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-9)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._