The Crisis, No.1 response

Panics can produce as much good as hurt. This came from Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis, No.1”. When Paine says that statement what I think he is trying to say is that panics, even though deadly and hurtful, bring things to light that would previously had never been found out at all but because of the panic, these things are discovered. Another reason for why Paine states that panics can produce well is that panics are the literal touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy. Along with that the true thoughts of a traitor come to light as the panic almost sifts out the inner thoughts of the man and holds them up for the public to see. This shows that panics can do as much good as bad.