Your use (and thorough butchering) of Franklin's quote in this context is especially hilarious because Franklin, in the letter from the Pennsylvania Assembly, w

Your use (and thorough butchering) of Franklin's quote in this context is especially hilarious because Franklin, in the letter from the Pennsylvania Assembly, was lobbying for Britain to appoint its own governor for Pennsylvania instead of the governor set by the Penn family, the owner of most land in the state. And then to tax the Penn family to fund ongoing conflicts in other colonies. Which proposition made Franklin unpopular in Pennsylvania, so he was soon booted from the Assembly.