Franklin (TV Mini Series)
Sauce for Prayers (2024)
Michael Douglas: Benjamin Franklin
Quotes
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Temple Franklin : How long must we stay?
Benjamin Franklin : Until we win France to our side and secure our independence. Or we are hanged.
Temple Franklin : Is there a third choice?
Benjamin Franklin : I suppose there's always treason.
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Benjamin Franklin : They have it in their heads that I invented electricity. Who am I to dissuade them?
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Benjamin Franklin : A long life has taught me that diplomacy must never be a siege, but a seduction.
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Benjamin Franklin : Remind me to instruct you on the usefullness of a well-timed lie.
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Madame Thérése Chaumont : [on her headress topped by a model of a ship] You approve?
Benjamin Franklin : Madame, I am sorely tempted to climb aboard and man the cannons myself.
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Benjamin Franklin : I come here tonight, not as anyone's father, but as a representative of the United States.
Comte de Vergennes : I have seen no letter from your Congress. You carry no title. There is only secrecy and go-betweens. Your army has lost nearly every campaign it has fought. What position would you take if you were me?
Benjamin Franklin : I would illuminate my opponent's weaknesses, expose the futilty of his pursuit, and scheme how I might work the situation to my advantage.
Comte de Vergennes : Doctor Franklin, I have long admired you. I look forward to the day we meet.
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Benjamin Franklin : For a young man's instruction, Paris is the only city. Must indulge the senses, but also engage the intellect.
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Benjamin Franklin : I prefer freedom to servitude and citizenship to vassalage.
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Temple Franklin : What's wrong?
Benjamin Franklin : Merely thinking.
Temple Franklin : About what?
Benjamin Franklin : Roasted pheasant, potatos in butter, candied carrots, chased by a respectable Madeira. And our mission, of course.
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Benjamin Franklin : It's remarkable how one's outlook is improved by the passing of wind.
Edward Bancroft : A subject woefully understudied.
Benjamin Franklin : Perhaps I shall rectify that.
Edward Bancroft : Could only add to your reknown. What is electricity compared to a good fart?