Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Freedom And Liberty
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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
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Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
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There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever.
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Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.
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Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.
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Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.
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Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States