Franklin & Washington Quotes

“Back at his beloved Mount Vernon in 1797, Washington threw himself into farming and even became a whiskey distiller. No product ever netted him a larger return on his investment than this potent, rye-based intoxicant that he sold straight from the still. His distillery became the largest in the United States by 1799.”
― Edward J. Larson, Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

“Their decision to keep above the fray made sense. Franklin and Washington were thin-skinned and recoiled from ad hominem attacks. Neither was particularly adept at defending a proposal in a contentious up-or-down vote, especially a proposition they helped to craft. Franklin might begin fiddling with the text and Washington might lose his temper.”
― Edward J. Larson, Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

“Franklin, “Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”18”
― Edward J. Larson, Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise,”
― Edward J. Larson, Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership