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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat Benjamin Harrison Quote
It's one I never heard before the other day, and which I am adopting as part of my signature tag:
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process. -- Benjamin Harrison
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Great Benjamin Harrison Quote (Original Post)
markpkessinger
Feb 2012
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niyad
(113,342 posts)1. great quote
immoderate
(20,885 posts)2. There are other Benjamin Harrison quotes?
I thought he was just a place holder between Grover Cleveland and, ahh, -- Grover Cleveland.
--imm
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)3. There are a few good ones, actually...
Such as:
We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
The bud of victory is always in the truth.
When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law? (Certainly ahead of his time on that one!)
Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure.
There are also some I'm not so fond of, but I'll leave it to you to explore those on your own.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)7. Thanks.
--imm
gateley
(62,683 posts)4. Wow. nt
Skittles
(153,169 posts)5. think IPHONE for COAT
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)6. GREAT connection! n/t