Benjamin Franklin Quotes About American Revolution

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  The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Happiness, Government, Guarantees

• Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

  Benjamin Franklin

  4th Of July, Men, Law

  Benjamin Franklin (1907). “The Franklin Year Book: Maxims and Morals from the Great Philosopher”

• They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Happiness, Peace

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.270

• The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Soldier, Revolution, Madness

  Benjamin Franklin (1840). “The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the author by J. Sparks”, p.437

• Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!

  Benjamin Franklin

  Revolution, England, Remember

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