Quote of the day 15th June 2019

This quote is often attributed to Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin: a number of people including Wendell Phillips, Andrew Jackson and Frederick Douglas do appear to have used these or similar words but to have been quoting an earlier source. The most common view among those who have looked into the matter is that this saying originated with John Philpot Curran in 1790.



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