On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Will they, who long since threatened to bring us to their feet, bow themselves to ours, and own that without us they are not a nation?
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Will they, who long since threatened to bring us to their feet, bow themselves to ours, and own that without us they are…”
Editor's note · Context
Paine rhetorically questions whether Britain, once threatening America, will now acknowledge its own national dependence on the former colonies.
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