Benjamin Franklin: A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.

A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges. — Benjamin Franklin

A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.

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