Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is
something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually
governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite
larger than its primary planet; and as England and America, with
respect to each other, reverse the common order of nature, it is
evident that they belong to different systems. England to Europe:
America to itself
Thomas Paine,
Common Sense (1776)
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