Benjamin Franklin
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: Newly redesigned $100 notes are printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. The one hundred dollar bills will be released this fall and has new security features, such as a duplicating portrait of Benjamin Franklin and microprinting added to make the bill more difficult to counterfeit.
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Anything to do with Warren Buffett is worth doing. The man is clearly the Benjamin Franklin of our time
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Notable & Quotable
Franklin to James Lovell, July 1778: To lay duties on a commodity exported, which our neighbors want, is a knavish attempt to get something for nothing. The statesman who first invented it had the genius of a pickpocket, and would have been a pickpocket if 7:16 PM from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Behavioural science and development: More practical examples
and pensions Benjamin Franklin famously quipped that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. Not yet sure about death , but British fiscal authorities have been at pains to collect taxes as many Britons apparently procrastinated about paying them 9:22 AM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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U.S. the leader on broadband
the Internet, and all they enable. There's no better location for this summit. After all, Philadelphia was home to Benjamin Franklin, America's first great innovator. Franklin founded our nation's first public hospital, first public library, Philadelphia's from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »
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20. Time Is Money
Franklin famously said that “time is money.” But does government know how to implement this maxim seriously? Now there is a new study that shows how they can do it! Last week, President Obama signed a memo directing agencies to modernize their construction from GovLoop Read more »
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The U.S. Founding Fathers
Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the Constitution. John, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington are the founding fathers of the united from Essay Depot Read more »
