He never realized the strength of the forces in England arrayed on his own side and attributed to the English, as a whole, sinister and malignant designs always condemned by the great mass of the English people.

They, no less than the Americans, were the victims of a turn in politics which, for a brief period, and for only a brief period, left power in the hands of a corrupt Parliament and a corrupting king.
Ministers were not all corrupt or place-hunters.

One of them, the Earl of Dartmouth, was a saint in spirit.

Lord North, the king's chief minister, was not corrupt.

He disliked his office and wished to leave it.