Matrix of Excerpts from Common Sense

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I have heard it asserted by some, that as America hath flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, the same connection is necessary toward her future happiness, and will always have the same effect. Nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument.

We want nothing more than just happiness but the British want let us have that.

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We have boasted the protection of Great Britain without We have been auguring with British protection its seems likes there just in thought considering that her motive was interest, not attachment, of money and not give us protection but turned into our enemys and that she did not protect us from our enemies on out account, but from her enemies on her account Britain is the owner of this country but there is shame on the ownership by But Britain is the parent country, say some. Then the more destroying our young and making war on our families shame upon her conduct. Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families I challenge the warmest advocate for reconciliation, to I am chaggalging the voice of us to be friends again because this continent can reap show a single advantage that this continent can reap, by out of the trouble. Not a single advantage can happen can be achieved. being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge; not a single advantage can be derived. Small islands are not capable for defending themselves but count of parts of the Small islands, not capable of defending themselves, are the country witch we need to take under care but there is some problems like having proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but possibly being goneverd by an island. there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet. We only want independence will make peace between us a government of our own is Nothing but independencecan keep the peace of the common sense . It would be safer to have our own but the British I s our owner continentA government of our own is our natural right: and when a man seriously reflect on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power