On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
This continent, sir, is too extensive to sleep all at once, and too watchful, even in its slumbers, not to startle at the unhallowed foot of an invader.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThis continent, sir, is too extensive to sleep all at once, and too watchful, even in its slumbers, not to startle at the unhallowed foot of an invader.
In "The American Crisis," Paine asserts the vastness and inherent watchfulness of the American continent against any invader.
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