More from Benjamin Franklin
- Preface, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
- This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor
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I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God Governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?
Speech to the Constitutional Convention (28 June 1787)