What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief.

Famous Quotes / Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin: "What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief."

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Acquired	Additions	Agriculture	Aqueducts
Bridges	Canals	Comforts	Conveniences
Doing	Edifices	Employed	Even
Extension	Good	Improvements	Joined
Last	Living	Mankind	Might
Millions	Mischief	Money	Mountains
Navigable	Obtained	Other	Public
Rendered	Rivers	Roads	Spending
Spent	Tops	Utility	Vast
Wars	Works

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What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief. - Benjamin Franklin