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Oppression makes a poor country.

Oppression makes a poor country.

William Penn
Country, Oppression, Poor
William Penn (1778). “Fruits of Solitude. ... Eighth edition”, p.75

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

William Penn
Country, Men, Cities
Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.42, Courier Corporation

The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.

William Penn
Wisdom, Country, Garden
Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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