"The people heard it, and approved the doctrine,……" — Benjamin Franklin
"The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary."
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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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As I'm sure you may know, I'm planning to become a spaceflight participant and have been recently approved to begin…
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If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from…
— Charlotte Bronte
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
— Lord Byron
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In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate…
— Alexander Hamilton
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There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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I do not have regrets. I believe I helped preserve the peace for this country. Why should I regret that?…
— Hyman Rickover
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Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but…
— Samuel Johnson
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There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent…
— Arianna Huffington
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Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be…
— Arianna Huffington
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Would you like Fox's right to free press put up to a vote and say: "Well, if five states have…
— Ted Olson
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