Benjamin Franklin: “And are not the public the only judges what share of reputation they think proper to allow any man?”

We are restrained in our trade with foreign nations; and where we could be supplied with any manufacture cheaper from them, but must buy the same dearer from Britain, the difference of price is a clear tax to Britain.

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

The gaining of the back Indian trade from the French, by the navigation of the lakes, &c. would of itself greatly weaken our enemies:--it being now their principal support, it seems highly probable, that in time they must be subjected to…

That the colonies have no representatives in parliament.