Civil liberties

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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Benjamin Franklin

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Topic

Civil liberties Freedom

Author

Benjamin Franklin

Source

Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1755 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor." 11 Nov. 1755. Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, 1755-1756. Philadelphia, 1756, pp. 19-21.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, 11 Nov. 1755." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-0107

All of us in this country give lip service to the ideals set forth in the Bill of Rights and emphasized by every additional amendment, and yet when war is stirring in the world, many of us are ready to curtail our civil liberties. We do not stop to think that curtailing these liberties may in the end bring us a greater danger than the danger we are trying to avert.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Topic

Civil liberties

Author

Eleanor Roosevelt

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Eleanor. "Intolerance." Cosmopolitan, Feb. 1940.