Peter StoneIn my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
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“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” This quote by Benjamin Franklin has been attributed to him since the 1980-81 biography of Franklin written by John H. Sheldon called “Benjamin Franklin:1706-1790.” The attribution was first published in the September 1981 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
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