‘…all those who espoused the doctrine of reconciliation, may be included within the following descriptions. Interested men, who are not to be trusted; weak men, who cannot see; prejudiced men, who will not see; and a certain set of moderate men, who think better of the European world than it deserves: and this last class, by all ill-judged deliberation, will be the cause of more calamities to this continent than all the other three.’ – Common Sense, 1776
