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
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security
Those who prefer security to liberty deserve neither.
If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.
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.
Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not.
A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either.
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue
The school looks very good. The uniforms are a good thing. It will be easy for my wife. She won't have to fight about clothes.
It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.