On the record
If Canada should people, it will revolt, and if it do not people, it will not be worth the expense of holding.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “If Canada should people, it will revolt, and if it do not people, it will not be worth the expense of holding.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine predicts that Canada's future population dynamics will lead to its revolt against British rule.
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