I should think it will never be necessary. In fact I doubt if the fear of death ever prevented a man of no principle from committing a bad action. Th… - Arthur Phillip

The women (convicts) in general, I should suppose, possess neither virtue nor honesty. [...] The natives may, it is probable, permit their women to marry the men (convicts) after a certain time. [...] Women may be brought from the Friendly and other islands, a proper place prepared to receive them, and where they will be supported for a time, and lots of land assigned to such as marry with the soldiers of the garrison.

There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful amusement arising gradually out of turmoil and confusion; and, perhaps, this satisfaction cannot anywhere be more fully enjoyed than when a settlement of civilised people is fixing itself upon a newly-discovered or savage coast.

Governor Phillip had the satisfaction to find one of the finest harbours in the world, in which a thousand sail of the line might ride in perfect security.