On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
If they are poor she cannot be rich, and her condition, be what it may, is an index of the height of the commercial tide in other nations.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
From "Rights of Man," this emphasizes that a nation's wealth is directly tied to the commercial prosperity of other nations.
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