"But we are soon told, that the Americans, however wealthy, cannot be taxed; that they are the descendants of men who left all f
or liberty, and that they have constantly preserved the principles and stubbornness of their progenitors; that they are too obstinate for persuasion, and too powerful for constraint; that they will laugh at argument, and defeat violence; that the continent of North America contains three millions, not of men merely, but of whigs fierce for liberty, and disdainful of dominion; that they multiply with the fecundity of their own rattlesnakes, so that every quarter of a century doubles their numbers." Who wrote the above quotation
Samuel Johnson, an English writer and also a Poet. As an added information, he is credited as one of the most quoted people after Shakespeare in English language.
