Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow
them short of hanging.
—Samuel Johnson in 1769, referring to the American
colonists, in Boswell, Life of Johnson
Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow
them short of hanging.
—Samuel Johnson in 1769, referring to the American
colonists, in Boswell, Life of Johnson
