On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Then every expense was cheap, compared with the dread of conquest and the misery of submission.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Then every expense was cheap, compared with the dread of conquest and the misery of submission.”
Editor's note · Context
From "The American Crisis," this passage argues that any cost incurred during the revolution was preferable to the fear of defeat and the suffering of submission.
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