Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Language
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The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
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Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion.
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He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States