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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1551 |
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AUTHOR:
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Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) |
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QUOTATION:
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My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, letter to Mrs. Jane Mecom, December 30, 1770.—The Works of Benjamin Franklin, ed. Jared Sparks, vol. 7, p. 497 (1838). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Public affairs |
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