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15 posted on 01/16/2013 10:46:03 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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Q. Can anything less than a military force carry the Stamp Act into execution?

A. I do not see how a military force can be applied to that purpose.

Q. Why may it not?

A. Suppose a military force sent into America; they will find nobody in arms; what are they then to do? They cannot force a man to take stamps who chooses to do without them. They will not find a rebellion; they may indeed make one.


Benjamin Franklin, Testimony Against the Stamp Act (1766)
19 posted on 01/16/2013 10:54:36 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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