Benjamin Franklin Quote

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character…like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy.…The turkey…is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.


letter to Sarah Bache, Jan. 26, 1784


I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character…like those among men who live...

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character…like those among men who live...

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character…like those among men who live...

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character…like those among men who live...