On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
The case now is not so properly who began the war, as who continues it.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “The case now is not so properly who began the war, as who continues it.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine argues that the crucial question in the ongoing conflict is not who initiated it, but who persists in prolonging it.
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