It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations get corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -The 5000… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it? — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share
