Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.
— Thomas Paine Early Modern

Common Sense, Rights of Man

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Common Sense

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1776

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Humorous

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