We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws.
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Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.
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| Birth: | 25th July, 1750 |
| Death: | 25th October, 1806 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Army Officer |
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Henry Knox was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a army officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, who also served as the first United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794.
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