Benjamin Franklin: “The government we are immediately under denies it to us; and if the…”

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The government we are immediately under denies it to us; and if the enemy comes, we are far from Zidon, and there is no deliverer near.

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Franklin points out the lack of support from the government and the isolation faced by the people in danger.

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