On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
It is the only way out of an expensive and ruinous war, which has no object, and without which acknowledgment there can be no peace.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine asserts that acknowledging American independence is the sole path to ending a costly and purposeless war and achieving peace.
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