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Quote from Benjamin Franklin,


"Repeal that [welfare] law,
and you will soon see a change in their manners. ...
Six days shalt thou labor,
though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date,
will again be looked upon as a respectable precept;
industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people;
their circumstances will mend,
and more will be done for their happiness
by inuring them to provide for themselves,
than could be done by dividing all your estates among them."


By:

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


(1706-1790) US Founding Father

Source:

On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor, London Chronicle, November 29, 1766
http://liberty-tree.ca/research/On_the_Price_of_Corn_and_Management_of_the_Poor

Kindle Source:

<i>On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor,<i><br/>London Chronicle, November 29, 1766

Categories:

Freedom, Liberty, Money, Proverbs, Responsibility, Socialism, Welfare

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