"Politics is the art of the possible."
— Benjamin Franklin

January 1, 1970

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AphoristsEngineers from the United StatesFounding Fathers of the United States of AmericaElectrical engineersGovernors of Pennsylvania
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Franklin says this line in the HBO miniseries John Adams, but it is actually a quote of Otto von Bismarck.