Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin   (politician)
Interests	• Money creation • Banking
President of Pennsylvania In office October 18, 1785 - November 5, 1788  US Minister to Sweden In office September 28, 1782 - April 3, 1783  US/Minister to France In office March 23, 1779 - May 17, 1785  US/Postmaster General  In office July 26, 1775 - November 7, 1776  Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly In office May 1764 - October 1764

Benjamin Franklin was a lifetime advocate of local currency and government-owned banks.

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Benjamin Franklin

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