Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little te

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin

Other quotes by Benjamin Franklin

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

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Gun Control
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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin

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Constitution
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Liberty is Gods gift, liberties the devil s. – Proverb

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Liberty

There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself. – Andre Breton

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Liberty

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue. – William Blake

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Liberty

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week. – Margot Asquith

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Liberty

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Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction. – Marquis de Sade

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Imagination

Surfers have the most attitude. – Shaun White

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Attitude

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on, projecting trait and trace through time to times anon, and leaping from place to place over oblivion. – Thomas Hardy

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Face, Faces

Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their singing, go hiking, camping and jogging and running, walking along the beach, playing games and sometimes being alone with the great outdoors. Its very special to me. – Larry Wilcox

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alone