Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Here are some Benjamin Franklin quotes that should be considered before voting in the upcoming election:

• "When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic"
• "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
• "Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins"
• "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters"
• "Ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation to the prejudice and oppression of another is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy...An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy"
• "I hope...that all mankind will at length…have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats"