On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
We are rich by contrivance of our own, which would have ceased as soon as you became masters.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “We are rich by contrivance of our own, which would have ceased as soon as you became masters.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine asserts that American prosperity is self-generated and would be destroyed if Britain were to regain control.
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