If Britain cannot conquer us, it proves that she is neither able to govern nor protect us, and our particular situation now is such, that any connection with her would be unwisely exchanging a half-defeated enemy for two powerful ones.
In "The American Crisis," Paine argues that Britain's inability to conquer the colonies demonstrates its unfitness to govern them, making continued connection dangerous.
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