Quotes about Benjamin Franklin

"The most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."

Benjamin Franklin

"The most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."

Walter Isaacson
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"In Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat."

Benjamin Franklin

"In Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat."

Henry Steele Commager
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"One of the first economists who saw through the nature of value."

Benjamin Franklin

"One of the first economists who saw through the nature of value."

Karl Marx
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"If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to...

Benjamin Franklin

"If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain. And I flatter myself that it will not be ranked among the least grateful occurrences of your life to be assured that, so long as I retain my memory, you will be thought on with respect, veneration, and affection by your sincere friend."

George Washington
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"Printer, philosopher, scientist, author and patriot, impeccable husband and citizen, why isn’t he an archetype? Pioneers, Oh Pioneers! Benjamin...

Benjamin Franklin

"Printer, philosopher, scientist, author and patriot, impeccable husband and citizen, why isn’t he an archetype? Pioneers, Oh Pioneers! Benjamin was one of the greatest pioneers of the United States. Yet we just can’t do with him. What’s wrong with him then? Or what’s wrong with us?"

David Lawrence
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"He seized the lightning from Heaven and the scepter from the Tyrants."

Benjamin Franklin

"He seized the lightning from Heaven and the scepter from the Tyrants."

Turgot
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"People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first."

Benjamin Franklin

"People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first."

David H. Comins
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