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Where no compulsion can be used, it is more disgraceful to be dishonest.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “Where no compulsion can be used, it is more disgraceful to be dishonest.”
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This quote highlights Franklin's belief that without the threat of compulsion, dishonesty becomes more shameful.
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