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Money spent on wars would have added vastly more to human comfort if spent on public works
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What Benjamin Franklin actually said
- Benjamin Franklin American printer, scientist and statesman (1706 to 1790)
What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility.
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↗Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 2: letters (1860 edition)gutenberg.org
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