Such excesses of passionate folly, and unjust as well as unwise resentment, have driven you on, like Pharaoh, to unpitied miseries, and while the importance of the quarrel shall perpetuate your disgrace, the flag of America will carry it round the world.
In "The American Crisis," Paine warns Britain that its passionate folly and unjust resentment will lead to unpitied miseries and lasting disgrace.
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