The Thomas Paine obelisk was unveiled in Angel Square, Islington, in 1991 to commemorate the bicentenary of Paine's book The Rights of Man (1791), which he is said to have written at the (long demolished) Angel Inn near here. The sculptor is Kevin Jordan.
'THESE ARE THE TIMES
THAT TRY MENS SOULS'
'MY COUNTRY IS MY WORLD AND
MY RELIGION IS TO DO GOOD'
'LAY THEN THE AXE TO
THE ROOT AND TEACH
GOVERNMENTS HUMANITY'
'IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE
HAPPINESS OF MAN THAT HE IS
MENTALLY FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF'
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