Great people: Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folder.

When Ben was twelve years old, he started working. Three years later his brother James founded a newpaper publishing company, The New-England Courant.

Franklin moved to Philadelphia, Pennylvania. He worked in different printer shops. Benjamin Franklin wanted the United States of America to be independent.

Also, he was interested in literature, science, inventions. Franklin became president of Pennsylvania. His portrait is drawn on a hundred dollar bill.

Benjamin Franklin married Deborah Read. They had three children.

Frankin died on April 17, 1790, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Famous people and their quotes. Part twenty one.

                                           Benjamin Franklin.

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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.”

“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

“So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.”

“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”

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