Franklin Quotes

173 Franklin quotes by 148 unique authors

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
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality.… — Benjamin Franklin
We can see beyond the present shadows of war in the Middle East to a new world order where the strong work together to deter… — Dick Gephardt
Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into two perfect halves.… — Helen Garner
There were four million people in the American Colonies and we had Jefferson and Franklin. Now we have over 200 million and the two top… — Mort Sahl
In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so… — Billie Holiday
Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to… — Pete du Pont
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. — Pete du Pont
Fascist intellectuals, such as Ugo Spirito, made the round of conferences preaching the virtues of postcapitalism fascism and in fact tried to nudge the structure… — Charles S. Maier
Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they also share one other defining… — Steven Johnson
If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her. — Benjamin Franklin

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