In those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything his own. Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
Tag: Benjamin Franklin
(1706–1790) One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
I want liberty
Where liberty is, there is my country.
Trading liberty for safety
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Orators
Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.