C.C. Franklin Quotes

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

[The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Love each other. Regard each other as members of one family.

The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.

A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.

Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

If you hold your fire until you see the whites of his eyes, you will never know what hit you.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

People die, but books never die.

Eat what you like, but dress for other people.

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering

To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.

The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail.

He that lives well, is learned enough.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

I think this would be a good time for a beer.

One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.

The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.

Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.

Visit your Aunt, but not every Day; and call at your Brother's, but not every night.

The cat in gloves catches no mice.

The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.

You are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

Every pot must sit on its own bottom.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.

There is power in corporate fasting and power in corporate praise.

Lose no time; be always employed in something useful.

you can do anything you set your mind to

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

The misers cheese is wholesomest

Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.

there is a law of retribution in all things, direct or indirect, visible or invisible.