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“an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.”

Book:Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin

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Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin

This book compiles a selection of Benjamin Franklin's writings, offering readers a glimpse into the mind of one of America's founding figures. The selections span various topics, including science, politics, and personal philosophy, providing a comprehensive view of Franklin's multifaceted character and his impact on the world. more

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a prominent figure in American history, serving as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a statesman, scientist, inventor, and writer, born on January 17, 1706, and died on April 17, 1790. Franklin is renowned for his contributions to electricity, his support for the American colonial independence movement, and his successful diplomatic efforts in France. more

“If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but a small matter whether you read with anyone or not. I did not read with anyone. Get the books, and read and study them till you understand them in their principal features; and that is the main thing. It is of no consequence to be in a large town while you are reading. I read at New Salem, which never had three hundred people living in it. The books, and your capacity for understanding them, are just the same in all places.”

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Book:The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

“It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other.”

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Book:The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

“Never let your correspondence fall behind.”

Fall Behinds Correspondence

Book:The Portable Abraham Lincoln

Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln

People Stills Two Government Successful Remains Experiments Internals Maintenance Formidable

Book:Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress

Source: Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress

“That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.”