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Quote of Benjamin Franklin - They who can give up essential...


Biography - Benjamin Franklin:

Born: 1706 - Died: 1790
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

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



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Ceux qui sont prêts à abandonner une liberté fondamentale, pour obtenir temporairement un peu de sécurité, ne méritent ni la liberté ni la sécurité.

German
Wer wesentliche Freiheit aufgeben kann um eine geringfügige bloß jeweilige Sicherheit zu bewirken, verdient weder Freiheit, noch Sicherheit.




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One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.











Quotes

Benjamin Franklin also said...


There was never a good war, or a bad peace.





Love your Enemies, for they tell you your faults.





At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.





The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.





Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.





The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.












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