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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
1907·Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'

Read the full letter→Letter to David Hartley (December 4, 1789)
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