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Quote from Benjamin Franklin,


"All the property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation
of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his
natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all
Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the
Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore
by other laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick
shall demand such Disposition. He that does not like civil Society
on these Terms, let him retire and live among Savages. He can
have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his
Club towards the Support of it."


By:

Benjamin Franklin (more quotes by Benjamin Franklin or books by/about Benjamin Franklin)


(1706-1790) US Founding Father

Source:

letter to Robert Morris, 25 December 1783, Ref: Franklin Collected Works, Lemay, ed., 1082

Categories:

Civilization, Law, Property, Society, Taxation, Welfare

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