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Benjamin Franklin in a 1784 letter to his daughter:  
"For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen for the Representative of our Country.  He is a bird of bad moral Character.  He does not get his Living honestly.  You may have seen him perched on some dead tree near the river, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labor of the Fishing Hawk: and when that diligent bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Eagle pursues him and takes it from him. In truth, the Turkey is in comparison a  much more respectable Bird..."

Benjamin Franklin's daughter sent the following reply:
"Dad, are you freaking kidding me??"

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