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
We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.
Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.
The best doctor gives the least medicines.
Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.
If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.
Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.
Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?
You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion
He gives twice that gives soon, i.e., he will soon be called to give again.
Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.
We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.