On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Every designed quarrel had its pretence; and the same barbarian avarice accompanied the plant to America, which ruined the country that produced it.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine asserts that British conflicts were always based on false pretenses, driven by the same avarice that exploited other nations.
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