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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…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Calvin Coolidge was one of the best presidents. Why? Because he did absolutely nothing.

— Milo Yiannopoulos

No president ever had more power than [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt.

— Malcolm X

“Franklin wanted a unicameral legislature and an executive council in lieu of a president. He also opposed a presidential veto on legislation, thinking it…

— Ron Chernow

This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again.

— Michele Bachmann

[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."

— Gordon S. Wood

Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.

— Samuel Eliot Morison

“biography of the great American Benjamin Franklin.”

— Robin S. Sharma

He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died…

— Winston Churchill

Abe Lincoln died because he stood for liberty and truth.

— Don Cornell

Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant…

— Walter Lippmann

“Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people, that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret…

— Dale Carnegie