In her management of the war, she has laboured to be wretched, and studied to be hated; and in all her former propositions for accommodation, she has discovered a total ignorance of mankind, and of those natural and unalterable sensations by which they are so generally governed.
Paine critiques Britain's management of the war, suggesting it has been counterproductive and ignorant of human nature.
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