John Adams (TV Mini Series)
Independence (2008)
Tom Wilkinson: Benjamin Franklin
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Quotes
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Edward Rutledge : Must you be so extreme, Dr. Franklin?
Benjamin Franklin : [Wryly] I'm an extreme moderate, Mr. Rutledge. I believe anybody not in favor of moderation and compromise ought to be castrated and that all this should be sent down to the... the Parliament for they seem to need - how should I put it? - stones.
[He smiles broadly]
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John Adams : Do you not believe in saying what you think?
Benjamin Franklin : No, I'm very much against it. Thinking aloud is a habit responsible for much of mankind's misery.
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Benjamin Franklin : [to Adams] I beg you to go gently. You are a guest in Philadelphia. Fish and guests stink after three days.
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Benjamin Franklin : Dr. Rush has been telling me...
[Rush agrees]
Benjamin Franklin : ... that he has bled most of Philadelphia. He quite swears by the regenerative powers of desanuinization.
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Benjamin Franklin : Diplomacy is seduction in another guise, Mr. Adams. One improves with practice.
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Benjamin Franklin : Diplomacy is seduction in another guise Mr. Adams, one in brute practice.