Benjamin Franklin: “If I discern the wolf disguised in harmless wool, and contriving the destruction of my neighbour's sheep, must I have…”

But such, it seems, is the unhappiness of human nature, that our passions, when violent, often are too hard for the united force of reason, duty, and religion.

Few of their Children in the Country learn English . . . The Signs in our Streets have Inscriptions in both Languages, and in some places only [their language] . . . In short, unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned…

But above all this, the state and circumstances of our settlements render such a measure not only proper and eligible, but absolutely necessary.

You are a member of that parliament, and have formed part of that majority, which has condemned my native country to destruction.