Benjamin Franklin National

Famous quotes containing the words benjamin franklin, franklin and/or national:

    “Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    “At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    “Let us waive that agitated national topic, as to whether such multitudes of foreign poor should be landed on our American shores; let us waive it, with the one only thought, that if they can get here, they have God’s right to come.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)