The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph. — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation. — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments. — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
