America hath been one continued scene of legislative contention from the first king's representative to the last; and this was unavoidably founded in the natural opposition of interest between the old country and the new.
From "The American Crisis," Paine describes the history of colonial governance as a constant struggle due to conflicting interests with Britain.
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