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The following expressed words of
Benjamin Franklin (1706 to
1790)
characterize who this Founding Father
was . . . and will remain as a Great American Patriot.
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"Where liberty is,
there is my country."
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"They that can give up
essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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"Without Freedom of
Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no
such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of
Speech."
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"It
is a common observation here that our cause is the
cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for
their liberty in defending our own."
Benjamin Franklin not only expressed
his love and pride of the United States of America in
what he spoke and wrote . . . he did so in
action.
And if he was a younger man at the
time of the American Revolution . . . what other leadership
role might this gifted, visionary have served on
behalf of our newly formed "independent" nation?
Benjamin Franklin's patriotic
endeavors included... |
