Words from the past: Benjamin Franklin

in politics •  7 years ago  (edited)

He was not just a founding father of the United States, but a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, activist, and a diplomat. As a scientist, he had a major part in the discovery and theories regarding electricity.

However today we will look upon some of his ideas.

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Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

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Still so profoundly relevant in today's world. True wisdom is timeless.

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