Benjamin Franklin wrote in his autobiography, " Some books against Deism fell into my hands ; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's lectures.

Benjamin Tucker said of Proudhon, that " though opposed to socializing the ownership of capital, Proudhon aimed nevertheless to socialize its effects by making its use beneficial to all instead of a means of impoverishing the many to enrich the few ... by subjecting capital to the natural law of competition, thus bringing the price of its own use down to cost.

Describing an individual encounter with Polgár, former U. S. Champion Joel Benjamin said, " It was all-out war for five hours.

Lastly, he let Benjamin go with them and said “ may God Almighty give you mercy … If I am bereaved, I am bereaved !” ()

It is said in Muslim tradition that Jonah came from the tribe of Benjamin and that his father was Amittai.

In a 1951 symposium discussing psychiatrist Benjamin Karpman's paper " The Sexual Psychopath ," psychiatrist Emil Gutheil said, " Looking back upon my own experience with so-called psychopaths, I find one characteristic they all have in common, and that is their infantilism.

Benjamin Franklin is also said to have occasionally attended the club's meetings during 1758 as a non-member during his time in England.

Benjamin Franklin, in 1772, after examining the wretched hovels in Scotland surrounding the opulent mansions of the land owners, said that in New England " every man " is a property owner, " has a Vote in public Affairs, lives in a tidy, warm House, has plenty of good Food and Fuel, with whole clothes from Head to Foot, the Manufacture perhaps of his own family.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams are also said to have appreciated the qualities of Madeira.

Eusebius is also said to have referred to Hefa as Caiaphas civitas, and Benjamin of Tudela, the 12th century Jewish traveller and chronicler, is said to have attributed the city's founding to Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest at the time of Jesus.

The film's screenwriter, Robert Rodat, said of Mel Gibson's character: " Benjamin Martin is a composite character made up of Thomas Sumter, Daniel Morgan, Andrew Pickens, and Francis Marion, and a few bits and pieces from a number of other characters ".

In what is now Penn Treaty Park, the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, is said to have entered into a treaty of peace in 1683 with the native Lenape Turtle Clan under a picturesque elm tree immortalized in a painting by Benjamin West.

In what is now Penn Treaty Park, the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, is said to have entered into a treaty of peace in 1683 with the native Lenape Turtle Clan under a picturesque elm tree immortalized in a painting by Benjamin West.

His 11th-hour intervention in January 1997 is said to have brought Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to an agreement on the long-awaited withdrawal of Israeli troops from most of the West Bank town of Hebron.

Washington Post editor Benjamin C. Bradlee said, " There was a lot of time spent investigating " these allegations, " although no one came close to proving it.

In 1787, Benjamin Franklin visited the Ohio country and said, " I have never seen a grander river in all my life.

When asked what Messiaen's main influence had been on composers, George Benjamin said, " I think the sheer [...] colour has been so influential, [...] rather than being a decorative element, showed that colour could be a structural, a fundamental element, [...] the fundamental material of the music itself.

Theodorakis has spoken out against the Iraq and Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank has blasted Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou for establishing closer relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was guilty, he said, of " war crimes in Lebanon and Gaza.

" Cordell said that she was inspired by the urge to combat the hate that fueled Benjamin Smith's deadly shooting rampage.

Mainstream views in North America tend to weakly support this view, in contrast to very strong support for it by its nations ' founders: Benjamin Franklin said that " those who give up a little liberty to gain a little security, deserve neither.

; 1851: Correspondence between Lord Stanley, whose father became British Prime Minister the following year, and Benjamin Disraeli, who became Chancellor of the Exchequer alongside him, records Disraeli's proto-Zionist views: " He then unfolded a plan of restoring the nation to Palestine – said the country was admirably suited for them – the financiers all over Europe might help – the Porte is weak – the Turks / holders of property could be bought out – this, he said, was the object of his life ...." Coningsby was merely a feeler – my views were not fully developed at that time – since then all I have written has been for one purpose.

The former assistant to the Vatican secretary of state, Reverend Jean-Marie Benjamin, is said to have received rights to sell.

In August 2012, the United States State Department's counter-terrorism coordinator Daniel Benjamin warned that Hezbollah may attack Europe at any time without any warning.

The campus also maintains a state-of-the-art library, The Benjamin Rosenthal Library.

According to one view, the coherence theory of truth is the " theory of knowledge which maintains that truth is a property primarily applicable to any extensive body of consistent propositions, and derivatively applicable to any one proposition in such a system by virtue of its part in the system " ( Benjamin 1962 ).

According to this theory, the presence of a gay couple, played by real-life gay actors ( Christopher Sieber and John Benjamin Hickey ) that had adopted and raised a child was too much of a shock and considered inappropriate for the time slot, which would be a more " familiar " one.

The Temple in Jerusalem was traditionally said to be partly in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin ( but mostly in that of Judah ), and some traditional interpretations of the Blessing consider the ravenous wolf to refer to the Temple's altar, as simile in regard to the heavy presence there of biblical sacrifices.

With the presence of American diplomats Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane, the Continental Navy gained a permanent link to French affairs.

" The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg " backdrop, featuring Eddie, during The Final Frontier World TourOnce Iron Maiden had secured a record contract with EMI, the band's manager, Rod Smallwood, decided that the band needed " that one figure who utterly stamped his presence and image on the band in a way that was obvious enough to make a good album cover.

Davis quietly read through the documents in Lee's presence and paused when he reached the assassination order, remarking " That means you, Mr. Benjamin.

Led by Benjamin W. Keith, an associate of Barbour ’ s since 1867, the group took up the common belief in a two-stage, initially invisible presence.

Alarmed by reports from Europe, where Adorno ’ s parents suffered increasing discrimination and Benjamin was interned in Colombes, their joint study could entertain few delusions about its practical effects.

“ In view of what is now threatening to engulf Europe ,” Horkheimer wrote, “ our present work is essentially destined to pass things down through the night that is approaching: a kind of message in a bottle ” As Adorno continued his work in New York with radio talks on music and a lecture on Soren Kierkegaard's doctrine of love, Benjamin fled Paris and attempted to make an illegal border crossing.

When Benjamin Disraeli, future British Prime Minister, visited the city in 1830, he described it as " a city of palaces built by gentlemen for gentlemen ," and remarked that " Valletta equals in its noble architecture, if it does not excel, any capital in Europe ," and in other letters called it " comparable to Venice and Cádiz " and " full of palaces worthy of Palladio.

British Israelites believe that Jews descend only from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, while the House of Israel gave rise to the British people or Anglo-Saxon-Celtic kindred peoples of northwestern Europe.

Benjamin Franklin ( 1706-1790 ) first mapped the course of the Gulf Stream for use in sending mail from the United States to Europe.

He was also a pioneer of research into electricity, being most famous for having invented the lightning rod in Europe, contemporaneously with but independently of Benjamin Franklin.

The historian Donald C. Simmons thinks that Benjamin may have considered joining his brother Joseph Benjamin, Colin J. McRae, the former Confederate Financial Agent in Europe, and other Confederates at New Richmond, British Honduras, in the Confederate settlements.

Additionally, his laboratory was the first in Europe to be visited by students and scientists from the United States, among whom were Benjamin Silliman and William Dandridge Peck.

The rabbi Benjamin of Tudela, a Spanish Jew who traveled throughout South-Eastern Europe and the Middle East between 1159 and 1173 wrote about the Vlachs coming down from the mountains to attack the Greeks.

With a skilled operator, the Turk won most of the games played during its demonstrations around Europe and the Americas for nearly 84 years, playing and defeating many challengers including statesmen such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin.

His parents, Benjamin and Anna Bolotsky, were originally from Eastern Europe.

No discussion of the Hida's bravery and accomplishment during his fund raising missions is complete without mentioning his intact and published travel diaries, which places him in the ranks of Benjamin of Tudela in terms of providing a comprehensive first hand account of Jewish life and historical events throughout the Europe and Near East of his day.

The soda fountain began in Europe, but achieved its greatest success in the U. S. Benjamin Silliman, a Yale chemistry professor, was among the first to introduce soda water to America.

Benjamin Franklin suspended a mercury thermometer from a ship while travelling between the United States and Europe in his survey of the Gulf stream in the late eighteenth century.

In May 1784, he nominated Thomas Jefferson as minister plenipotentiary to Europe to assist John Adams and Benjamin Franklin in negotiating treaties of commerce ; and in January 1785, was a member of a committee that reported on letters that had been received from United States ministers in Europe relative to a foreign loan.

In 1775, Charles Dumas designed the first diplomatic cipher that the Continental Congress and Benjamin Franklin used to communicate with agents and ministers in Europe.

In 2008 Spencer formed the band Celan with Ari Benjamin Meyers ( Redux Orchestra ), Niko Wenner ( Oxbow ), Roeder ( flu-ID ), and Xavi ( flu-ID ), and in 2009 they released the well-reviewed album Halo on the Berlin label Exile on Mainstream Records and toured Europe.

Benjamin of Tudela (, ),, ( Tudela, ( Kingdom of Navarre ), 1130 – 1173 ) was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century.

In 1860, the feeling in the Confederate States was that there would be no war at all, and that the Great Powers of Europe would lift any blockade of southern ports, the only member of the Confederate Cabinet who anticipated a serious conflict was Judah P. Benjamin who, as Secretary Leroy Walker recalled after the war, suggested that "... the government purchase as much cotton as it could hold, at least 100, 000 bales, and ship it at once to England .… For, said Benjamin, we are entering on a contest that must be long and costly.