Benjamin franklin Quote by Rush D. Holt, Jr

“ The primary leaders of the so-called founding fathers of our nation were not Bible-believing Christians; they were deists . Deism was a philosophical…

— Farrell Till

“ Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen. Perhaps I…

— Thomas Edison

I think you know and I've said it pretty loud and clear that I get along with all politicians. I felt it was an…

— Donald Trump

“Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Margaret Thatcher, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Charles Darwin.”

— Jeff Sanders

[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin.

— Gordon S. Wood

“Classing Jefferson with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, both of whom were also reluctant to speak at length in public, Adams said, “A public…

— Jon Meacham

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

— Gordon S. Wood

“American” women (and a few men) complained that here, wealthy white men sometimes lived with mulatto women until it came time to marry a…

— Edward E. Baptist

“A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. Thomas Jefferson”

— Tim Grove

I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring…

— Ronald Reagan

So now it turns out that Thomas Jefferson was having sex with Sally Hemings while serving in the 101st Airborne during the Vietnam War.

— Ann Coulter

“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one, to whomsoever…

— John Adams