Benjamin Franklin

“Well done is better than well said.”

— Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard's Almanack

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

— Benjamin Franklin · 1755

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin · Pennsylvania Assembly reply to the Governor, 1755

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

— Benjamin Franklin · 1755

“The best doctor gives the least medicines.”

— Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard's Almanack