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Even successful wars eventually become misfortunes for those who unjustly started them
Drawn from what Benjamin Franklin said
What Benjamin Franklin actually said
- Benjamin Franklin American printer, scientist and statesman (1706 to 1790)
When will men be convinced that even successful wars at length become misfortunes to those who unjustly commenced them, and who triumphed blindly in their success, not seeing all its consequences.
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↗Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 2: letters (1860 edition)gutenberg.org
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