There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow…

Benjamin Franklin
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There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., p.385
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