Benjamin Franklin purportedly said this after signing the Declaration of Independence. MFitz (www.PatriotMusic.com)
he basically said that he would stand by in the whole time so the counrty to become one again. :)Answer:Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Benjamin Franklin http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/quote71.htm Benjamin Franklin said it. However the exact quote is "We must all hang together, gentlemen, else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." He said this at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
He stated that we must now all hang together or most assuredly we will be hanged separately.
Benjamin Franklin is commonly attributed with saying "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" during the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was emphasizing the importance of unity and collaboration among the members of the Continental Congress, as they faced the potential consequences of treason for their actions.
im pretty sure it was on august 2 1776 at the signing of the declaration of independence
Benjamin Franklin quoted," We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
John Adams
"We must all hang together - or for certain we shall all hang separately."
I am not sure if that was the exact quotation. I'm pretty sure it was something like "we must all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." It was spoken in response to a comment by John Hancock at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, who said they must all hang together, stressing that there must be unanimity in support of independence. Franklin's quote was a play on those words, joking that if they did not hang together, they would be hanged separately for treason.
Thomas Jefferson wrote it with help from John Adams and James Madison. Ben Franklin signed it and stated " Gentlemen, we must all hang together or surely we will all hang separately". There were 44 men who signed it.
It was 1776 and the exact quote is a bit uncertain, going along the lines of 'we must hang toghether, or [most?] [assuredly?] we will all hang separately'. It was Benjamin Franklin, at the congress, before signing the delclaration of independence.
we shall work in a group or work by ourselves.qs
he basically said that he would stand by in the whole time so the counrty to become one again. :)Answer:Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
"We must all hang together or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." You're Benjamin Franklin, aren't you?
This famous quote is a kind of pun, which depends upon two different interpretations of the word hang. To hang together is to act cooperatively, to be loyal to a group. Whereas, the ominous phrase hang separately means that the members of this group, if they fail to act cooperatively, will in due course be arrested, convicted, and executed by hanging.
He meant that unless the colonists who wanted independence worked for it together,or they would all be hanged as traitors by the British government if they did not work together.
Benjamin Franklin http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/quote71.htm Benjamin Franklin said it. However the exact quote is "We must all hang together, gentlemen, else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." He said this at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.