William Shirley

“Justice and good policy both require that the colonies should be taxed by parliamentary authority, and funds raised in them for their own defence and protection.”

“The Enterprise I own is great, but the Danger of a Disappointment seems to me to be diminished upon a near Inspection of the Difficulties.”

“For if we are not able to dislodge them, they will... be a terrible thorn in our sides.”

“I have promoted the affair with all imaginable despatch.”