Benjamin Franklin: A lady asked Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?". Franklin replied: "A Republic , if yo

A lady asked Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy? — Benjamin Franklin

A lady asked Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?". Franklin replied: "A Republic , if you can keep it."

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Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see — Benjamin Franklin
A penny saved is two pence clear. — Benjamin Franklin
If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few. — Benjamin Franklin
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sun — Benjamin Franklin
Dogs are clever fellows; they know all about politics [...] — Nikolai Gogol
Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a propert — Napoleon
But every class struggle is a political struggle. Paragraph 39, lines 8-9. — Karl Marx
In all these movements they bring to the front, as the leading question in each, — Karl Marx
It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little — Oscar Wilde
Qui plume a, guerre a. — Voltaire
Would you know what makes men greedy for the future? It is because no one has ye — Seneca
On peut être honnête homme et faire mal des vers. — Molière