[DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin, Diplomat: There Never Was a Good War or a ... [PAR] Apr 22, 2005 ... ... his famous maxim, There never Was a Good War or a Bad Peace. ... So wrote 
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) to an acquaintance named Sir Joseph ... and  
being Ben Franklin  in 1783, he had much upon which to look... [DOC] [TLE] Quotes - There never was a good war, or a bad peace. - Shmoop [PAR] There never was a good war, or a bad peace. ... Source: 1783 Letter ... This line 
was written by Benjamin Franklin in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks (July 27, 1983). 
... thought when he was writing this letter to Sir Joseph Banks in July of 1783. [DOC] [TLE] Good War and Bad Peace: Perpetual War and the Erosion of Liberty [PAR] Oct 11, 2014 ... In a letter written in 1783, Benjamin Franklin said, "In my opinion, there never was 
a good War, or a bad Peace. That kind of talk today ... When one kills context, he 
makes an orphan of understanding. With that in mind, it is... [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin Papers - To Josiah Quincy, Sr. - 40:u343 [PAR] 1783. My Dear Friend,. Mr. Storer told me not long since that you complain'd of 
my not ... His Behavior here was unexceptionable, and he gain'd the Esteem of 
all that ... is too well written to be capable of Improvement by any Corrections of 
mine. ... another War! for in my Opinion, there never was a good War, or a bad 
Peace. [DOC] [TLE] From Benjamin Franklin to Josiah Quincy, Sr., 11 September 1783 [PAR] From Benjamin Franklin to Josiah Quincy, Sr., 11 September 1783. ... He needed 
none of the Advice you desired me to give him. ... young Friend, is too well written 
to be capable of Improvement by any Corrections of mine. ... May we never see 
another War! for in my Opinion there never was a good War, or a bad Peace. [DOC] [TLE] From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Banks, 27 July 1783 [PAR] By way of reciprocation, he adds a postscript alluding to an experiment that no 
one ... Etienne wrote a long letter to Desmarest in Paris, begging him to 
announce their .... Throats: For in my Opinion there never was a good War, or a 
bad Peace. [DOC] [TLE] There Never Was a Good War or a Bad Peace: Benjamin Franklin's ... [PAR] Benjamin Franklin's Diplomacy and the 1783 Treaty of Paris. ... diplomatic 
strategies he employed while engaging the British in search of an acceptable .... 
On January 2, 1782, the British diplomat David Hartley wrote Franklin proposing 
peace. [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin - Wikiquote [PAR] Letter to Waring (17 December 1783), after visiting a school, as quoted in ... This 
was first written by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the 
Governor (11 Nov. ... He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, 
deserves neither liberty nor security. ..... There never was a good war or a bad 
peace. [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin, Community Service and Statesman [PAR] He remained in London until 1775 and wrote passionately to the British ... The 
final Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 and was almost identical to ... May we 
never see another war, for in my opinion there never was a good war or a bad 
peace. [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin Quotes [PAR] There never was a good war, or a bad peace. ... If you would know the value of 
money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 
letter to Quincey, Sep. 11, 1783. Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted. [DOC] [TLE] No good war, bad peace. Franklin quote on a shirt - Democratic ... [PAR] Oct 27, 2006 ... ... Franklin, this design quotes: "There never was a good war or a bad peace." 
Interestingly, he wrote it in a letter dated September 11, 1783.

Question: In 1783 he wrote, "There never was a good war or a bad peace"
Answer: Benjamin Franklin