Quote #17
The public must and will be served.
More from William Penn
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- It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
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- Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
- It were Happy if we studied Nature more in natural Things; and acted according to Nature; whose rules are few, plain and most reasonable. (…
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