皮特（Pitt）和伯克（Burke）是议会中最雄辩和受人尊敬的两个成员，并在1775年初一起警告英国事工，这是一场不明智，不必要的战争，可能是不必要的。
(Pitt and Burke were two of the most eloquent and respected members of Parliament, and taken together, by early 1775, they were warning the British ministry that it was headed toward a war that was unwise, unnecessary, and probably unwinnable.)