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In order to force the most reluctant into a participation of their pillage, they rendered their paper circulation compulsory in all payments.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques the compulsory nature of the new paper currency, highlighting the lengths to which the revolutionaries went to enforce their economic policies.
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