3 Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Power

Benjamin Franklin quotes on power

29. Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.

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30. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

41. Eripuit caelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. (He seized the lightning from the Gods and the scepter from the Tyrants.)-Turgot