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Wata mace ta tambayi Franklin: "To, Likita, menene muka samu-Jamhuriya ko Masarautu?". Franklin ya amsa: "Jamhuriya, idan za ku iya kiyaye ta."
Benjamin Franklin (17 ga watan Janairu, shekara ta 1706 zuwa 17 ga watan Afrilu, shekara ta 1790 ) na ɗaya daga cikin Uban Kafa na Amurka . Shahararren polymath , Franklin babban marubuci ne, mai bugawa, w: Jerin masana falsafar siyasa mai ƙirƙira , ɗan gwagwarmayar jama'a, ɗan gwamnati, kuma masanin kimiyyar diflomasiyya da novice lantarki; ya kasance babban jigo a cikin U.S. Haskakawa da kuma history of physics don bincikensa da ka'idojinsa game da lantarki . A matsayinsa na mai ƙirƙira, an san shi da sandar walƙiya , don kiyaye bifocals ba hazo ba, da murhun Franklin , da sauran abubuwan ƙirƙira. Ya sauƙaƙa ƙungiyoyin jama'a da yawa, gami da sashen kashe gobara na Philadelphia da Jami'ar Pennsylvania .
Remember that time is money .
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government ; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.
Every Body cries, a Union is absolutely necessary , but when they come to the Manner and Form of the Union, their weak Noddles are perfectly distracted.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.
File:Statue of Liberty in front of setting sun, 22 ga watan Disamba, shekara ta 2002.jpg Those who would give up essential Liberty , to purchase a little temporary Safety , deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle . But this conversion is, through the goodness of God , made every day before our eyes . Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy . ]]