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Polímata y estadista estadounidense (1706–1790)
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“I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. ... I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.”
“[A] great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.”
“God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'”
“It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.”
“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.”
“We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
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Benjamin Franklin fue un polímata estadounidense que fue uno de los Padres Fundadores de los Estados Unidos; un redactor y firmante de la Declaración de Independencia; y el primer director general de correos.
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