Primary Sources

I did not know what to think of the primary sources. When I first opened up the link of Thomas Payne I did not expect the text to be in that format. When I was reading the quotes they sort of made sense, yet I feel like there were meaning behind the words of the quotes. There were three quotes that caught my attention the most. One was, “Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” When I read this quote, for some reason I thought of Hawaii and how it has been conquered by multiple places. Another quote was "give me liberty, or give me death.” This stood out to me because it has been thrown around throughout different history classes of mine. Last was, “Society in every state is a blessing, but a government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.” And this stood out to me because it was repeated twice on the link and I did not fully understand war the message was saying.