Benjamin Franklin quote: They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a...

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

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Richard Jackson, Benjamin Franklin (1759). “An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania: From Its Origin, So Far as Regards the Several Points of Controversy, which Have, from Time to Time, Arisen Between the Several Governors of that Province, and Their Several Assemblies : Founded on Authentic Documents”, p.7

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