Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Politics
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The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
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Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
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It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
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Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy.
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Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.
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A Republic, if you can keep it.
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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
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[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War.
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A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
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The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.
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He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.
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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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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.
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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States