Benjamin Franklin on Politics
Browse 10 quotations attributed to Benjamin Franklin, catalogued under Politics, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #127: "Apology for Printers" (1730); later in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiographical Writings (1945) edited by Carl Van Doren"
Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #125: "The Body of B. Franklin Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not b…"
10 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin on Politics
"Apology for Printers" (1730); later in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiographical Writings (1945) edited by Carl Van Doren"
"The Body of B. Franklin Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected and Amended By the Author."
"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. Republics and limited monarchies derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates."
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
"A lady asked Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?". Franklin replied: "A Republic, if you can keep it."
"[A] great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges."
"great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges."
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"A republic, if you can keep it."
"If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed."