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It was the principle, of which the tax made but a part, and the quantity still less, that formed the ground on which America opposed.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “It was the principle, of which the tax made but a part, and the quantity still less, that formed the ground on which…”
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Paine emphasizes that the principle behind the tax was more significant than the tax amount itself in the American opposition.
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