Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Benjamin Franklin Quotes Click here for Benjamin Franklin books Benjamin Franklin: An American Life "There never was a good knife made of bad steel." "The doors of wisdom are never shut." "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 more vicious, it may be concluded that he holds none that are dangerous, which I hope is the case with me." "Remember that time is money." "Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither." "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." "There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government." "There never was a good war or a bad peace." "And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?" "Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." "I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." "Without justice, courage is weak." "Teach your child to hold his tongue, he'll learn fast enough to speak." "He that cannot obey, cannot command." "The family of Fools is ancient." "A lie stands on one leg, the Truth on two." "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." "To be humble to Superiors is Duty, to Equals Courtesy, to Inferiors Nobleness." "Diligence is the mother of Good-Luck." "Admiration is the Daughter of Ignorance." "God helps them that help themselves." "Well done is better than well said." "Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power." "Let thy Discontents be Secrets." "Haste makes Waste." "Sudden Power is apt to be insolent, Sudden Liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually." "There will be sleeping enough in the Grave." "A Spoonful of Honey will catch more Flies than a Gallon of Vinegar." "There seem to be but three Ways for a Nation to acquire Wealth. The first is by War as the Romans did in plundering their conquered Neighbours. This is Robbery. The second by Commerce which is generally Cheating. The third by Agriculture the only honest Way; wherein Man receives a real Increase of the Seed thrown into the Ground, in a kind of continual Miracle wrought by the Hand of God in his favour, as a Reward for his innocent Life, and virtuous Industry." "In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will now and then peek out and show itself." "Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils." "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." 
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