Benjamin Franklin
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 11, 2025
A number of well-known quotes are attributed to the Founding Father.
Written by: Nick Hardinges
June 12, 2024
The U.S. founding father supposedly urged an audience in 1787 to exclude Jewish people "from the ...
Written by: David Emery
April 9, 2023
The quote has been ascribed to both Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. It's possible that n ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 24, 2023
According to a report, the bill change was happening "in celebration of the 100th anniversary of ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 27, 2022
Versions of what is probably Benjamin Franklin's most famous saying were in print years before h ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 25, 2022
It's not for the reason you might be thinking.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 23, 2022
The bald eagle "is a bird of bad moral character," the Founding Father once wrote.
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 20, 2022
The quote about nothing being certain in life other than death and taxes has recently been attac ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 19, 2022
A quote-meme was shared on Facebook that claimed Franklin once talked about the importance of "f ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 16, 2022
Such recipes have been common since the early days of the U.S.
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 11, 2022
The passage about God, beer, and being happy has for years appeared in internet memes, on bar si ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 10, 2021
The inventor clearly had a lot of faith in the future of the U.S.
Written by: The Conversation
Jan. 8, 2021
Often, people use a flag not because of what is explicitly displayed, but because of what the pe ...
Written by: The Conversation
Oct. 2, 2019
The Founders explained that impeachment was intended to have many important purposes, not just r ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 22, 2016
We were unable to locate any evidence that Benjamin Franklin ever said it was the first responsi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 8, 2014
During a Fox News interview, did Michele Bachmann say the U.S. could 'use a President like Benja ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 3, 2005
Why do we fiddle with moving our clocks forward and back one hour twice a year?
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