Our government has stood the test of time and become so stable that we tend to forget Benjamin Franklin’s warning about ...

Benjamin Franklin Day: 10 inspiring quotes by Benjamin Franklin (File Photo by REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/Illustration) From his early life of working as a printer who published the successful ...

It's true that Franklin penned these words in a letter in 1789. At the same time, the same sort of sentiment about "death and taxes" previously appeared in a play decades earlier. On Nov. 13, 1789 ...

Benjamin and Deborah were devastated and commissioned a near life-size portrait to remember their son. Four decades later in France, Franklin told a companion about his son Franky’s death until ...

Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words ...

Benjamin Franklin is one of America's most notable ... Related: 45 Carl Jung Quotes on Life, Wisdom and Perspective 11. “The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” ...