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To: Semper Vigilantis

“To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin - ‘A majority, if you can keep it’”.

Franklin said no such thing. He said “A Republic if you can keep it”.


23 posted on 10/06/2022 8:31:05 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: laplata

Really?!? /s

‘to paraphrase’: The adaptation or alteration of a text or quotation to serve a different purpose from that of the original.


28 posted on 10/06/2022 9:32:57 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (I have a BS degree in Austrian from the Obama Language Institute. Where's my $20K?)
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