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There never was a good war or a bad peace
Drawn from what Benjamin Franklin said
What Benjamin Franklin actually said
- Benjamin Franklin American printer, scientist and statesman (1706 to 1790)
I hope it will be lasting, and that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats: for, in my opinion, there never was a good war nor a bad peace.
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↗Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 2: letters (1860 edition)gutenberg.org
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