"Since they are our right, let us be……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged to resort to party, let each of us range himself on the side which unfurls the ensigns of public good. Faction will then vanish, which, if not timely suppressed, may overturn the balance, the palladium of liberty, and crush us under its ruins."
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site.
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
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Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
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It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
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It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper…
— Grover Cleveland
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A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected…
— George Washington
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We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from…
— James Madison
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Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their…
— Jerzy Grotowski
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The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to 400 years of…
— Malcolm X
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Misery is caused for the most part, not by a heavy crush of disaster, but by the corrosion of less…
— Samuel Johnson
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear…
— George Washington
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central…
— Aga Khan IV
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Gabriel Levin's book is a journey through time and through entrenched animosities of the Middle East. What's astonishing and refreshing…
— Adam Zagajewski
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It is certain that satirical poems were common at Rome from a very early period. The rustics, who lived at…
— Thomas B. Macaulay
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A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is…
— A J Liebling
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