A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when si…

Benjamin Franklin
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A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (1836). The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Ed., and Many Letters Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, p.483
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