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By Benjamin Franklin
…there hardly ever existed such a thing as a bad Peace—or a good War.
- Source
- Letter to David Hartley, February 2, 1780 · The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 31, pp. 436-439
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- Founders Online, National Archives
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From a letter to David Hartley, written at Passy on February 2, 1780. Franklin calls it "a very singular opinion of mine." The wording people usually quote today ("never a good war or a bad peace") is not the wording of this letter.