Benjamin franklin Quote by John James Ingalls

“biography of the great American Benjamin Franklin.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

— Edmund Burke

Ben Franklin and Samuel Johnson, he credits their wisdom for his success. "They were both utterly brilliant men. And powerful communicators. Both have helped…

— Charlie Munger

“Born on January 17, 1706, he inhabited this planet until April 17, 1790. His talents were many and he was known to be a…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

Let every man or woman here remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and…

— Russell Conwell

A great many men - some comparatively small men now - if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you…

— Russel H Conwell

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

It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our…

— Joseph Pulitzer

“A year earlier, representatives of thirteen states had assembled in Philadelphia and declared their intention to form a more perfect union, but what had…

— Richard M. Ketchum

To them belong, not only the truly great statesmen, but all other great reformers as well. Beside Frederick the Great stands Martin Luther as…

— Adolf Hitler

[Sun Yat-sen is a] combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.

— Calvin Coolidge