"If you give up your freedom for..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.”

“Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.”

“But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.[Fr., Mais dons ce monde, il n'y a rien d'assure que le mort et les impots.]”

“To freemen, threats are impotent.”

“Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.”

“Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.”

“The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.”

“But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws made for our personal safety convert the land into a nursery, and policemen hired to protect us become selfserving busybodies.”

“They say if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. Well, those are precisely the people who need them!”