I have been tender in raising the cry against these men, and used numberless arguments to show them their danger, but it will not do to sacrifice a world either to their folly or their baseness.
Paine reflects on the need to confront those who undermine the American cause, asserting that the greater good cannot be sacrificed for their failings.
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