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Thomas Paine: If ever a nation was made and foolish, blind to its own interest and bent on its own destruction, it is Britain.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
If ever a nation was made and foolish, blind to its own interest and bent on its own destruction, it is Britain.
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Thomas Paine

Editor's note · Context

In "The American Crisis," Paine condemns Britain's actions and policies as self-destructive and foolish.

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