Franklin Quotes

173 Franklin quotes by 148 unique authors

My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian. — Jacob K. Javits
I feel like everything I ever did in my life led me to the Franklin Mint. — Lynda Resnick
As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for a reason. Neither… — Dan Pfeiffer
As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to, like Joni Mitchell… — Alanis Morissette
I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight into the agony… — Edward Rutherfurd
My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. — Lionel Barber
We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of. — Rush D. Holt, Jr.
George W. Bush has much to evaluate: he has presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. grand strategy since the presidency of Franklin D.… — John Lewis Gaddis
George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roosevelt sees the nation through depression and war. — Robert Dallek
Women are a key part of the sound of the groups that accompany male singers like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton, and myself. — Fred Hammond
My years with Aretha Franklin have been very special, as were the years making records with Dionne Warwick. Other highlights include working with Janis Joplin,… — Clive Davis
It would be easy to assume that the open letter is a symptom of the Internet age. Such is not the case. In 1774, Benjamin… — Roxane Gay
Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership… — Daniel H. Hill
If their were more Franklin operations it could help the cause much more than right wing activity. — Tom Metzger
It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of my grandfather, Franklin… — James Roosevelt
Especially when I first really started to work with Kenneth and Franklin, who had been in space already. And so, they were able to talk… — Philippe Perrin
It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as… — Peter Jennings
Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. — Earl Wilson
I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio. — Ann Richards
In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a single, simple reason:… — Michael Mandelbaum

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