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

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And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

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They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

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

Benjamin Franklin in Historical Review of Pennsylvania (1759)
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Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

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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.

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The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

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If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.

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He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.

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