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Famous sayings from America's Founding Fathers. 9 people, 368 quotes.
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Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Preface, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.- Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
- Benjamin Franklin1706–1790This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor
- Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One (1748), as quoted by Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Chapter II: The Spirit of Capitalism, 1905. [//www.archive.org/download/littlemasterpiec00fran/littlemasterpiec00fra
George Washington1732–1799Letter to Bushrod Washington (15 January 1783)- Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826In: John F. Nash Christianity: the One, the Many: What Christianity Might Have Been and Could Still Become, Volume 1, Xlibris Corporation,14 February 2008, p. 11.
