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"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the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be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
(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

 
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