Benjamin Franklin: “No, never, unless compelled by force of arms.”

As it is in my power, as far as my testimony will be regarded, to refute this charge, I think it due to our friendship to do it.

With these sentiments he left England; but when, on his arrival in America, he found the war begun, and that there was no receding, no man entered more warmly into the interests of what he then considered as his country, in opposition to…

To strangers he was cold and reserved; but where he was intimate, no man indulged to more pleasantry and good humour.

It is comfortable to have a good opinion of one's self, and of every thing that belongs to us, to think one's own religion, king, and wife, the best of all possible wives, kings, and religions.