I just found commonsenserevisited.com and downloaded the .pdf version of the pamphlet of the same name. I love it so far, but I'm having trouble getting past the first paragraph of the introduction.

"Paine made the case for individual sovereignty,

declaring that all powers of government were derived from the individuals who created the government..."

I feel like I have no need to read further. Individual Sovereignty and Government by the Consent of the Governed are the foundations of freedom. The safety valve for liberty, inherent in individual sovereignty, is the right to choose not to be governed at all. Those who choose to create a government have no claim on any persons but themselves and no right to exercise sovereignty over any geographic area beyond the private property of those who have placed themselves under the authority of that particular government.

This is clearly the truth behind the words of the secessionist American Declaration of Independence of 1776 as well.

Personally, I look forward to joining in a Compact of Mutual Aid with like-minded individuals and to see the blossoming of Society that will follow when the false doctrine of collectivist democracy (government by force) is tossed on the trash heap of history to fade from memory with the evil idea of the Divine Right of Kings.