Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklinwas one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1706
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is the right of every man as far as by it he does not hurt or control the right of another; and this is the only check it ought to suffer and the only bounds it ought to know.... Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech, a thing terrible to traitors.
Where liberty is, there is my country.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?