Benjamin Franklin Freedom Quotations

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier against them. It produces excellent writers, and encourages men of fine genius.

Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is the right of every man as far as by it he does not hurt or control the right of another; and this is the only check it ought to suffer and the only bounds it ought to know.... Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech, a thing terrible to traitors.

Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.

To whom thy secret thou dost tell, To him thy freedom thou dost sell