To talk of friendship with those in whom our reason forbids us to have faith . . is madness and folly.” paine uses the words “madness and folly” to emphasize that the colonists are not allowed to have a positive relationship with britain. must continue to try to build a relationship with the king. are unwise in attempting to achieve a positive relationship with britain. must be careful in their dealings with the king because he has gone mad.

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”