"I cannot but express my admiration of the conduct of this People. Uninfluenced by party or any other attachment, I presume I shall not be suspected of misrepresentation. The East India Company must console themselves with this reflection, that if they have suffered, the prejudice they sustaine does not arise from enmity to them."
- Boston Tea Party Historical Society, "Account by an Impartial Observer"
I found it interesting how even an "impartial observer" took an immediate admiration to those protesting the tea tax by throwing tea off of a ship in Boston Harbor. Of course, the story has always been conveyed to me that it is something to be admired but if I were an observer of the event I'm not sure that I would have the same attitude. I'd more likely be confused than anything else, or wonder why political tensions had come to that point.
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