Quote by Benjamin Franklin
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. – Benjamin Franklin

Other quotes by Benjamin Franklin

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration? – Benjamin Franklin

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War
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. – Benjamin Franklin

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Gun Control
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With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes. – Brian Ferneyhough

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respect

There is no excuse for perjury – never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect. – Kenneth Starr

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respect

Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely. – Ted Nugent

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respect

I do support enhanced interrogation techniques. Obviously their value is shining through with respect to the bin Laden killing. – Tim Pawlenty

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respect

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A man and his art are like a fool and his king. – Terri Guillemets

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Art

A mother understands what a child does not say. – Yiddish Proverb

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Mother

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free. – Harry Browne

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Family

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own. – Frederick Pollock

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pet