Quote #7

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

More from Benjamin Franklin

  1. They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
  2. We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, …
  3. The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to …
  4. There never was a good war or a bad peace.
  5. Remember that time is money.
  6. Everyone cries, a Union is absolutely necessary, but when they come to the manner and form of the Union, their weak noddles are perfectly d…
  7. I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vici…
  8. In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, - if they are such; because I think a general Government neces…

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