On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
But this would be a practice too debasing for a sovereign people to stoop to, and too profligate not to be discountenanced.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine asserts that deceptive practices are beneath the dignity of a sovereign people and should be rejected.
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