Quote by Benjamin Franklin
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at th

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. – Benjamin Franklin

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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin

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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. – Benjamin Franklin

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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Wouldnt it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? – Colin Powell

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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. – Coretta Scott King

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Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you. – William Frederick Book

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