• “Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old inhabitants are not jealous of them; the laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the patronage of great men; and every one will enjoy securely the profits of his industry. But if he does not bring a fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.” ~Benjamin Franklin, Those Who Would Remove to America, 1784
  

• “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ~>Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1795
  

• “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ~Benjamin Franklin
  

• “In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will now and then peek out and show itself.” ~Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, 1771
  

• “Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” ~Benjamin Franklin
  

Regarding Freedom:

• Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the Laws of God ~Benjamin Franklin
  

Defending Our Freedom

• “[I]t 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
  

Work Six Days?

• “Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. St. Monday and St. Tuesday, will soon cease to be holidays. Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.” — Benjamin Franklin (letter to Collinson, 9 May 1753)
  

Depriving America

• “It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of her rights.” –Benjamin Franklin
  

A nursery of religion . . .

• In 1787 when Franklin helped found Benjamin Franklin University, it was dedicated as “a nursery of religion and learning, built on Christ, the Cornerstone.”