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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At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment. – Benjamin Franklin

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A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. – Benjamin Franklin

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I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced. – Bob Ney

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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point – if not a commodity – of political groups aiming to rise to power. – Omar Bongo

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To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. – William Lyon Phelps

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Fear God and work hard. – David Livingstone

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I hated the idea of a high school sweetheart. Growing up, oh my God, it just made me sick. I wanted to have a range of cool boyfriends. I wanted to travel around and date these interesting men. Then it just happened. You fall in love. – Charlotte Arnold

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