A Quote by Benjamin Franklin
But they have two other Rights; those of sitting when they please, and as long as they please, in which methinks they have the advantage of your Parliament; for they cannot be dissolved by the Breath of a Minister, or sent packing as you were the other day, when it was your earnest desire to have remained longer together.
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Please, please, please, please, please...,", squeezing his eyes shut because it somehow made the words more pure.
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