Franklin Quotes

173 Franklin quotes by 148 unique authors

As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome… — M. Scott Peck
I'm very glad my mother didn't let me quit piano lessons at age 10. She said I wasn't old enough or good enough to make… — Condoleezza Rice
An old American patriot described today's situation very well. As America fought for its independence, Benjamin Franklin said, "we must all hang together, or assuredly,… — John F. Kerry
There never was a good war," said Franklin. "There have indeed been many wars in which a good man must take part, and take part… — Charles Eliot Norton
A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can… — Benjamin Franklin
Whilst the last members were signing it Doctr. Franklin looking towards the Presidents chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be… — James Madison
From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts… — Aberjhani
My father was a Republican, and he couldn't stand what Franklin Delano Roosevelt was doing to the country. I always say I'm a mean-spirited narrow-minded… — Jane Russell
If for no other reason, Frank Lloyd Wright would be justly famous for Fallingwater, one of the most extraordinary houses in the world. This biography… — Unknown Author
Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of… — Eleanor Roosevelt
This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again. — Michele Bachmann
If belief in the miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New is required to make a man religious, then Franklin had no religion… — Theodore Parker
Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal… — Tom Peters
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which can… — Robert Thurman
Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his… — Thomas Paine
The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the twentieth century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal… — Newt Gingrich
The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security. — Christine Pelosi
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much used in the… — Benjamin Franklin
I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a… — Thomas Jefferson
The crisis [the Great Depression] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second stage of democratic… — H.G. Wells

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