Read the statement from The Crisis, No. 1, and then answer the question. "…my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent." Which key point does Paine emphasize in this statement? A. The cause of this horrible war rests on British shoulders. B. It is God who will determine the outcome of this brutal war. C. The British have successfully avoided any attempt at peace. D. God will surely help a nation who used every means to prevent war.