We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.
Because of Obama's ill-advised actions, the world has lost American leadership.
I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they said, We don't know what happened to them. That drove me nuts. That lost colony drove me crazy.
When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.
The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.
As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.
It's a historical phenomenon that in 250 years, a nation could move from a colony into the most prosperous nation of the world and the leader of the world. It is indeed an achievement, a tribute to the talent of the American nation, the American people and an optimal political and economic system.
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
We lost everything. We even won our own constituency.
We lost because we told ourselves we lost.