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Thomas Paine: “But to make war with those who trade with us, is like setting a bull-dog upon a customer at the shop-door.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
But to make war with those who trade with us, is like setting a bull-dog upon a customer at the shop-door.
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Thomas Paine

Editor's note · Context

Paine uses a vivid analogy in "The American Crisis" to condemn the economic folly of warring with trading partners.

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