"I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.












We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
More Benjamin Franklin quotes
"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
"The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
"Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
"That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind a...
"They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor S
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
"How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the ...