“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.” ThinkingWayMeanGovernmentEasyPoorOpinionPovertyDrivingBest WayWelfareFederal GovernmentDoing GoodProperty RightsWelfare StateAmerican LibertyRevolution Founding FathersGeneral WelfareGovernment And SocietyGovernment Politics Book:Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin Source: Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin