Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklinwas one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1706
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
No nation was ever ruined by trade.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
Security without liberty is called prison.
Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Women are books, and men the readers be...
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.
We need a revolution every 200 years, because all governments become stale and corrupt after 200 years.