Benjamin Franklin
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I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America. ✨ Letter to Sarah Bache, January 26, 1784.

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