Liberty Safety Quotes

9 quotes from 4 authors

Balancing personal freedom with collective security sparks fierce debate, and these nine quotes lay tension bare. From warnings to modern reflections, the words warn that trading liberty for fleeting safety leaves both concepts hollow. For a broader view, explore richer collections on Freedom, Security, and Human Rights.

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

Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

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Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

Benjamin Franklin

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Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety.

Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

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“Those who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety-‘” “‘Deserve neither liberty nor safety,”

Cheree Alsop

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“Way back in 1755 Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither…

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Trade liberty for safety or money and you'll end up with neither. Liberty, like a grain of salt, easily dissolves. The power…

Thomas Jefferson

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

Benjamin Franklin

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