Benjamin Franklin on freedom
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
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Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Speak little, do much.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin You only have the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin You can do anything you set your mind to.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To cease to think creatively is to cease to live.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Words may show a man’s wit, actions his meaning.
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Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
William McKinleyWilliam McKinley We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
George ForemanGeorge Foreman Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson I am so sorry; you see, I wanted to love you, but I had to be free.
Hadley AllisonHadley Allison You can only be free if I am free.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow Free will exist only in a confused mind.
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