6 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin about kings
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God bless the King, and grant him long to Reign.
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There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever.
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A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the King for permission to make a law for preventing the importation of more [slaves] into that colony. This request, however, will probably not be granted, as their former laws of that kind have always been repealed.
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Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.
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The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk.
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The refusal of King George to allow the colonies to operate an honest money system, which freed the ordinary man from clutches of the money manipulators was probably the prime cause of the revolution.
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