Three from Mr. Franklin

I am for doing good to the poor, but…I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed…that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. 

—  Benjamin Franklin

When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. 

—  Benjamin Franklin

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. 

— Benjamin Franklin

Hey Bartender!

The only wise thing about having a third martini is that you’re not yet having a fourth. - Eno Putain

Taverns are universal places, like churches, hallowed meeting places of all mankind. - Iris Murdoch

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. - Henny Youngman

Make that a double!

The whole world is about three drinks behind. - Humphrey Bogart

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place. - Jimmy Breslin

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. - Winston Churchill