What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only t…

Thomas Paine
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. ✨ The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. ✨ The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776

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