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  1. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    One to destroy, is Murder by the Law,
       And Gibbets keep the lifted Hand in Awe.
    To murder Thousands, takes a specious Name,
       War’s glorious Art, and gives immortal Fame.
    O great Alliance! O divine Renown!
       With Death and Pestilence to share the Crown!
    When Men extol a wild Destroyer’s Name,
       Earth’s Builder and Preserver they blaspheme.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/84…

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  2. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    A Mob’s a Monster; Heads enough, but no Brains.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/16…

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  3. A quotation from Franklin

    Why then should I give my Readers bad Lines of my own, when good Ones of other People’s are so plenty? ‘Tis methinks a poor Excuse for the bad Entertainment of Guests, that the Food we set before them, tho’ coarse and ordinary, is of one’s own Raising, off one’s own Plantation, &c. when there is Plenty of what is ten times better, to be had in the Market. — On the contrary, I assure ye, my Friends, that I have procur’d the best I could for ye, and much Good may’t do ye.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/46…

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