He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell a…

Thomas Paine
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He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. ✨ Thomas Paine (2016). THE AMERICAN CRISIS – Revolutionary Work Which Inspired the American People to Fight for Their Independence: Including “The Life of Thomas Paine” – Extensive Biography of the Author, p.58, e-artnow
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