Founding Fathers Forum: Benjamin Franklin quote

Posted by: Chris Whitten (chris@ThisIsToPreventSpam-199-RemoveThis.interesting.com) on 22 Nov 2002 at 6:27:18 PM
In-Reply-To: Does anyone know who said... posted by adil on 12:19:34 PM 14 Nov 2002

: Something to the effect of "Those who would trade freedom for security are neither free nor secure"? If so could you post the exact quote and who said it. Thanxs
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Hi,

The quote is attributed to Benjamin Franklin. It's most common wording is: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

To be honest, I'm not sure if this is exactly correct or not. I don't have a source.

Chris

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