Sir John Franklin

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir and/or franklin:

“People’s backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

“‘Shall we fight or shall we fly?
Good Sir Richard, tell us now,
For to fight is but to die!”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

“No nation was ever ruined by trade.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)