universal healthcare

[--Pete]

Hi,

But, for perennially unsourced quotes from people whose archives have been trawled a hundred times (like Franklin), my policy is guilty until proven innocent, and the possibility of some unknown obscure source for a well-known, widely dispersed quote does not much trouble me.

That's a semi-valid argument. Often quotes are not even attributed. Sometimes they are attributed to the wrong person. And seldom, except perhaps in scholastic thesis, is a full reference given. Most sources are like this. No attempt appears to have been made to verify sources, and no sources seem to be given. Although I don't have any at hand, the books of quotations which I've looked at in the past seem to be the same.

We cannot verify everything every time or we'd never make any progress. Why do you question this quote, in particular, when you've accepted others with no more validation in the past? Is it subjective, in that you disagree with the content, or objective in that you have some indication it is false? The sentiment appears to be in line with Franklin's character and attitude.

--Pete