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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. – Benjamin Franklin

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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. – Benjamin Franklin

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I always got great respect as a bass player. – Bill Wyman

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Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. – George Bancroft

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As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, thats all I can ask for. – Darren Flutie

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