RIGHTS OF MAN - Wordsworth

Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief of humanitie's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, it differs from that great work in every relevant respect. Where Burke uses the language of the governing classes, Paine writes with the vigour of a self-taught mast-maker and exciseman. With assertion that society cannot be judged by rational standards and found wanting. Right of Man contains a fully-costed budget advocating measures such as a free edcucation, old age pensions, welfare benefits and child allowance over one hundred years before these things were introduced in Britain. Right of Man reamains a compelling manifesto for social change.