"Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers."
— Benjamin Franklin

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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This is actually from the musical play 1776 (1969) by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone, in which Franklin is portrayed as saying this.