The colonies have manifested such a spirit of good order and obedience… — Common Sense

Common Sense — Thomas Paine

The colonies have manifested such a spirit of good order and obedience to continental government, as is sufficient to make every reasonable person easy and happy on that head. No man can assign the least pretence for his fears, on any other grounds, than such as are truly childish and ridiculous, viz. that one colony will be striving for superiority over another.

Place: ¶110
License: Public domain · Source
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