On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
If we suffer them much longer to remain among us, we shall become as bad as themselves.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “If we suffer them much longer to remain among us, we shall become as bad as themselves.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine, in "The American Crisis," warns that allowing the enemy to persist in America will lead to the moral degradation of the American people.
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