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Benjamin Franklin1706–1790

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

Benjamin Franklin on government

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A penny saved is a penny earned.
Preface, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
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For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.
Poor Richard’s Almanack
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor
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The best government is that which governs least.
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
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