On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
It exhibits you as a nation without faith; with whom oaths and treaties are considered as trifles, and the breaking them as the breaking of a bubble.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine condemns Britain's actions, portraying them as a nation that disregards oaths and treaties.
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