2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.

the nations that have thrived have been those, like America, that are most comfortable with the cacophony, and even occasional messiness, that come from robust discourse

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.

We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

He that lives upon hope will die farting.

The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.