Foreign aid Quote by Ron Chernow

I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially…

— Walter Isaacson

In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection,"…

— Benjamin Franklin

“The American Revolution and its aftermath coincided with two great transformations in the late eighteenth century. In the political sphere, there had been a…

— Ron Chernow

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's…

— Will Rogers

“Franklin and, by extension, the Junto were particularly fond of things that could help the public as well as themselves.”

— Walter Isaacson

The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary.

— Benjamin Franklin

“From that point on, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and a few other intimates made it their first priority to arrange a deal with Hamilton—letting him…

— Anonymous

By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence."

— Gordon S. Wood

“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

“Conforming to tradition, the convention sent a delegation to Grant with official notice of his nomination. In return, he scratched out a statement that…

— Ron Chernow

The first principle of aid is respect.

— Ernesto Sirolli

“Hamilton’s second pamphlet made clear his maturing belief that private interest was the glue that would hold American society together and make it succeed.…

— Willard Sterne Randall