On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
The thought is as servile as the war is wicked, and shows the last scene of the drama to be as inconsistent as the first.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
In "The American Crisis," this statement condemns England's current proposals as servile and inconsistent, mirroring the wickedness of the war itself.
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