On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
What they want is clear, solid revenue, and the modes which they would take to procure it, would operate alike on all.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “What they want is clear, solid revenue, and the modes which they would take to procure it, would operate alike on all.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine asserts that the British government's primary motivation for its actions against the colonies is financial gain.
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