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There for nine years he served his country as the most popular, most sagacious, and most successful foreign minister ever appointed by the United States. THERE FOR NINE YEARS HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS THE MOST POPULAR MOST SAGACIOUS AND MOST SUCCESSFUL FOREIGN MINISTER EVER APPOINTED BY
776. His principal contribution to the discussion was his famous retort when somebody said, “We must all hang together”--“Yes, we must all hang together, or we shall all hang separately.” Franklin took an honorable part in the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1776, and to him was due the fine phrase in the Pennsylvania Bill of Rights, “That all men have a natural and inalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences and understanding.” [Illustration: HEAD OF FRANKLIN Nineteenth-century, French tortoise-shell snuff-box. Metropolitan Museum of Art] _Franklin as a Diplomat_ Benjamin Franklin was now seventy years old, and said of himself to a fellow member of Congress, “I am old and good for nothing; but as the storekeepers say of their remnants of cloth, I am but a fag end, and you may have me for what you please to give.” Yet he accepted the most important post of his life when in September, 1776, he was elected commissioner to France.  ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE TO DRAW UP THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX HIS PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION WAS HIS FAMOUS RETORT WHEN SOMEBODY SAID WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER YES WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER OR ELSE WE SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY FRANKLIN TOOK AN HONOURABLE PART IN THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX AND TO HIM WAS DUE THE FINAL PHRASE IN THE PENNSYLVANIA BILL OF RIGHTS THAT ALL MEN HAVE A NATURAL AND INALIENABLE RIGHT TO WORSHIP ALMIGHTY GOD ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF THEIR OWN CONSCIENCES AND UNDERSTANDING FRANKLIN AS A DIPLOMAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS NOW SEVENTY YEARS OLD AND SAID OF HIMSELF TO A FELLOW MEMBER OF CONGRESS I AM OLD AND GOOD FOR NOTHING BUT AS THE STOREKEEPERS SAY OF THEIR REMNANTS OF CLOTH I AM BUT A FAG END AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE ME FOR WHAT YOU PLEASE TO GIVE YET HE ACCEPTED THE MOST IMPORTANT POST OF HIS LIFE WHEN IN SEPTEMBER SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX HE WAS ELECTED COMMISSIONER TO FRANCE
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