You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as a whole..

[The] prevailing reason at this time is, that the Act of Parliament is against the Magna Charta, and the natural rights of Englishmen, and therefore,….

Americans were convinced in their own minds that they were very miserable, and those who think so are so. There is nothing so easy as to persuade peo….

It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain..