On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Let her, therefore, reform her manners and do justice, and she will find the idea of a natural enemy to be only a phantom of her own imagination.
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Thomas Paine
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From "The American Crisis," Paine advises England to reform its behavior, suggesting that doing so would reveal the concept of a "natural enemy" to be an illusion.
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