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First Principles: I Never Doubted, For Instance, the Existence of the Deity; That He Made the World, and Governed It By His Providence
“I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world, and governed it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and … Continue reading
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First Principles: Bountiful Father!…Increase In Me That Wisdom Which Discovers My Truest Interest. Strengthen My Resolution To Perform What That Wisdom Dictates
“O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates.” – Benjamin Franklin, in his Autobiography (Yet some still try to paint Franklin as … Continue reading
First Principles: Nothing Is of More Importance For the Public Weal, Than To Form and Train Up Youth In Wisdom and Virtue
“(N)othing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue…. I think also, general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from … Continue reading
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First Principles: Without Freedom of Thought There Can Be No Such Thing As Wisdom; and No Such Thing As Public Liberty, Without Freedom of Speech
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech; which is the Right of every Man, as far as by it, he does not hurt or … Continue reading
First Principles: Be At War With Your Vices, At Peace With Your Neighbors, and Let Every New Year Find You A Better Man
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.“ – Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac (1775)
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First Principles: Wish Not So Much To Live Long As To Live Well
“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.” – Benjamin Franklin (1746)
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First Principles: Wish Not So Much To Live Long As To Live Well
“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.” – Benjamin Franklin (1746)
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First Principles: The Freedom of Speech Is A Principled Pillar In A Free Government: When This Support Is Taken Away the Constitution Is Dissolved, and Tyranny Is Erected On Its Ruins
“The freedom of speech is a principal Pillar in a free Government: when this support is taken away the Constitution is dissolved, and Tyranny is erected on its Ruins.” – Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania Gazette (November 17, 1737)
First Principles: Three Can Keep A Secret, If Two of Them Are Dead
“Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: Be In General Virtuous, and You Will Be Happy
“Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.” – Benjamin Franklin (1768)
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