On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
For the domestic happiness of Britain and the peace of the world, I wish she had not a foot of land but what is circumscribed within her own island.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine expresses a wish in "The American Crisis" that Britain would confine itself to its island for the sake of global peace and its own well-being.
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