My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence.


The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation (ed. 1848)

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight...

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight...

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight...

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight...