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- Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our…
- It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
- Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.
- He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.
- People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.
- If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.
- He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.
- Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.
- Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
- Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
- In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.
- A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support…
- The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.
- Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic…
- Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old…
- Laws without morals are in vain.
- Those who prefer security to liberty deserve neither.
- If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have…
- Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty
- Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.
- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much used in the…
- Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.
- I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and…
- A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the…
- Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government takes proper measures…
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