Franklin Quotes

173 Franklin quotes by 148 unique authors

How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine… — Burl Ives
I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when… — Walter Isaacson
Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen,… — Benjamin Franklin
After the discovery in 1918 of love letters revealing that Franklin was involved with Lucy Mercer: The bottom dropped out of my own particular world,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin ... — Mark Twain
I carried it (a revolver) religiously and during the summer I asked a friend, a man who had been one of Franklin's bodyguards in New… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Oh how I wish he (Franklin Pierce) was out of political life! How much better it would be for him on every account! — Unknown Author
I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider, that though good… — Patrick Henry
Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and… — Samuel Eliot Morison
No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run in debt', said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another… — Ezra Taft Benson
How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint! How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint! Nature is always… — Robert Frost
He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side… — Winston Churchill
Benjamin Franklin didnt win 21 Grammys right? — Kanye West
Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than… — T.D. Jakes
I suggest...that you develop early in life the habit of retiring and arising early. You remember the advice of Ben Franklin: "Early to bed and… — Sterling W Sill
Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio. — David Gergen
Why does it [government] always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels? — Henry David Thoreau
There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. — Peabo Bryson
And again it snowed, and again the sun came out. In the mornings on the way to the station Franklin counted the new snowmen that… — Steven Millhauser
My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel Pepys, and Franklin… — Elwyn Brooks White
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate and the House… — Peggy Noonan
Puns are little "plays on words" that a certain breed of person loves to spring on you and then look at you in a certain… — Dave Barry
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to… — James A. Michener
Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man… — Walter Lippmann
My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be… — Doris Kearns Goodwin

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