Liberty Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.

— Benjamin Franklin

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

— Benjamin Franklin

Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

— Benjamin Franklin

Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.

— Benjamin Franklin

To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.

— Benjamin Franklin

Half the truth is often a great lie.

— Benjamin Franklin

Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not.

— Benjamin Franklin

Those who prefer security to liberty deserve neither.

— Benjamin Franklin

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.

— Benjamin Franklin

Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.

— Benjamin Franklin

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

— Benjamin Franklin

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

— Benjamin Franklin

They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

— Benjamin Franklin

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

— Benjamin Franklin

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the…

— Benjamin Franklin

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of…

— Benjamin Franklin

Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and…

— Benjamin Franklin

“They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. —written for the Pennsylvania…

— Benjamin Franklin

Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but…

— Benjamin Franklin

A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are…

— Benjamin Franklin

Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty…

— Benjamin Franklin

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of…

— Benjamin Franklin

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on…

— Benjamin Franklin

Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we…

— Benjamin Franklin

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much…

— Benjamin Franklin

Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has…

— Benjamin Franklin

If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions,…

— Benjamin Franklin

History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected…

— Benjamin Franklin

Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one…

— Benjamin Franklin

Security without liberty is called prison.

— Benjamin Franklin

He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.

— Benjamin Franklin

Where liberty is, there is my country.

— Benjamin Franklin

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.

— Benjamin Franklin

Laws without morals are in vain.

— Benjamin Franklin

In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.

— Benjamin Franklin

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of…

— Benjamin Franklin

Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.

— Benjamin Franklin

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

— Benjamin Franklin