Those who would give up Essential Liberty
- Those who would give up Essential Liberty
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
A frequently-misquoted phrase commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
The quote is taken from, "A Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania," first published anonymously in London in 1759. The quote is an excerpt from a letter written in 1755 from the Assembly to the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Franklin did publish the edition printed in Philadelphia in 1812, and most likely the original, but denied writing any part of it. The quote however may have originated from Franklin, but was excerpted for the book by the author.
A very similar quote is also sometimes attributed to Thomas Jefferson. However the website for the Jefferson Library makes it clear that Jefferson was quoting Franklin.
External links
* [http://www.monticello.org/library/reference/spurious.html] Jefferson Library
* [http://www.futureofthebook.com/stories/storyReader$605 Future of the Book's] reprinting of Richard Minsky's research.
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