Spotlight: Ben Franklin"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. " - Franklin's Contributions to the Conference on February 17 (III) Fri, Feb 17, 1775
Benjamin Franklin was a printer, author, scientist, musician, inventor, diplomat, ladies' man, revolutionary, and one of the coolest and most fascinating people in American History. He Managed to make it onto the US hundred dollar bill without being President. Invented bifocal lenses, the Franklin stove, and the lightning rod, after proving that lightning was just electricity, not the wrath of an angry god. If you ever take a tour anywhere in Philadelphia's historical district, you will learn that he invented pretty much everything. Even The Internet.
But he was not a President. And he did not write the Declaration of Independence (although he did edit it). And he didn't found the Ben Franklin dime store chain. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BenjaminFranklin | The American Dream: Two Views |