Other related topics at: Authority/Government/State 413. America/Americans; Patriotism; Taxation "He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot. "That man, therefore, is no patriot, who justifies the ridiculous claims of American usurpation; who endeavours to deprive the nation of its natural and lawful authority over its own colonies, which were settled under English protection; were constituted by an English charter; and have been defended by English arms. "To suppose, that by sending out a colony, the nation established an independent power; that when, by indulgence and favour, emigrants are become rich, they shall not contribute to their own defence, but at their own pleasure; and that they shall not be included, like millions of their fellow-subjects, in the general system of representation; involves such an accumulation of absurdity, as nothing but the show of patriotism could palliate. "He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may, therefore, subject them to government." Johnson: The Patriot Link 424. Representation; Taxation "The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of those minds, that admit sounds, without their meaning." Johnson: Taxation No Tyranny Link