"Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!" — Benjamin Franklin

"Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!"

— Benjamin Franklin

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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. — John Adams
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government… — John Quincy Adams
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is… — Samuel Adams
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to… — Samuel Adams
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On June 22, 2008, at the age of 71, an American revolutionary died. He was a bona fide genius, an… — Corey Taylor
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it… — Ronald Reagan
What a glorious morning this is! — Samuel Adams
The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily… — Thomas Paine
Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised!… — Samuel Adams
The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth. — Thomas Paine
Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved… — Thomas Paine

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