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Founding Fathers Quotes

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy — A republic, replied the Doctor, if you
can keep it.
Anonymous, from Farrand\'s Records of the Federal Convention of 1787



This woman\'s work is exceptional. Too bad she\'s not a man.
Edouard Manet, commenting on the work of Berthe Morisot

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of
others as it is to invent. R. Emerson

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.
Marcel Duchamp