“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
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“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
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“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
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Benjamin’s 2024 Year in Books
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