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Thomas Paine: The one went greedily into the passion of revenge, the other into the subtleties of low contrivance; till, between the…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
The one went greedily into the passion of revenge, the other into the subtleties of low contrivance; till, between the crimes of both, there is scarcely left a man in America, be he Whig or Tory, who does not despise or detest the conduct of Britain.
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Thomas Paine

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Paine asserts that the combined misdeeds of two British ministries have alienated nearly every American, regardless of political affiliation.

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