Benjamin Franklin Giving Up Quotations

He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.

Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

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

Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.

You never want to give up your liberty, even if you are told it is for security. The Patriot Act is a perfect example of giving up liberty for security. It says let us tap your phones so we can keep safe.

If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.

Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.

Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.

If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much used in the Revolutionary period. It occurs even so early as November, 1755, in an answer by the Assembly of Pennsylvania to the Governor, and forms the motto of Franklin's "Historical Review," 1759, appearing also in the body of the work. -Frothingham: Rise of the Republic of the United States, p. 413.