“God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough…”

“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.'”

— Benjamin Franklin

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Title: Wikiquote: Benjamin Franklin
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Letter to David Hartley (December 4, 1789); reported in Albert H. Smyth, ed., The Writings of Benjamin Franklin (1907), Volume 10, p. 72; often quoted as, "Where liberty dwells, there is my country".

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Franklin, Benjamin. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Benjamin Franklin. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

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