Quotes by Franklin, Benjamin

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. >>

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner. >>

One today is worth two tomorrows. >>

Quotations about Riots

Some punishment seems preparing for a people who are ungratefully abus >>

No nation, no matter how enlightened, can endure criminal violence. If >>

A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civi >>

Some punishment seems preparing for a people who are ungratefully abusing the best constitution and the best King any nation was ever blessed with, intent on nothing but luxury, licentiousness, power, places, pensions, and plunder; while the ministry, divided in their counsels, with little regard for each other, worried by perpetual oppositions, in continual apprehension of changes, intent on securing popularity in case they should lose favor, have for some years past had little time or inclination to attend to our small affairs, whose remoteness makes them appear even smaller.

Franklin, Benjamin