Wisdom of Our Founding Fathers - Benjamin Franklin
 
Born: January 17, 1706
Died: April 17, 1790 (age 84)

6th President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania
23rd Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly
United States Minister to France
United States Minister to Sweden
1st United States Postmaster General
“In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?”
Benjamin Franklin [Constitutional Convention, Thursday June 28, 1787]  
 
“God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 | original manuscript of this speech
 
In Benjamin Franklin's 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania, he insisted that schools teach "the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern."

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