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Quotes by Franklin P. Adams

  • The true republic men, their rights and nothing more women, their rights and nothing less.
  • I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
  • You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
  • The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.
  • When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.
  • When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.
  • There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
  • To err is human to forgive, infrequent.