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Should Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
- It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and…
- Little boats should keep near shore
- Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
- I say it is impossible that so sensible a people [citizens of Paris], under such circumstances, should have lived so long by the smoky, unwholesome,…
- That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally…
- I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the…
- I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance…
- I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or…
- Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault…
- Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has…
- The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at…
- We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.
- If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified…
- Masonic ideas are the precious jewels of Speculative Masons; the should be kept bright and sparkling for all the brethren to see and to admire.…
- Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged…
- If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes, which should be…
- The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
- We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us while they afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge or in doing good to our…
- I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with…
- A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a…
- The only time a question should be asked is when all other possibilities of finding the answer for yourself have been eliminated.
- To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems like the ineffectual…
- As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had,…
- Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
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- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
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- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
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- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
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