 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charters and laws by parliament. " They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." B. FRANKLIN. HINTS. I doubt the regulating duties will not be accepted, without enacting them, and... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 544 pages
...war, rather than admit the alteration of their charters and laws by parliament. They who can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."! This detailed view of the secret negociation between Dr. Franklin and some of the British ministry,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charters and laws by parliament. " They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." "B. FRANKLIN." HINTS. I doubt the regulating duties will not be accepted, without enacting them, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 552 pages
...mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charters and laws by Parliament. 'They, who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.' "B. FRANKLIN." " HINTS. " I doubt the regulating duties will not be accepted, without enacting them,... | |
 | LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY - 1858 - 448 pages
...hazards and mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charter and laws by parliament. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain...temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." The minister was disheartened ; he stood almost alone, helpless for the want of a vigorous will, dreading... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1858 - 454 pages
...hazards and mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charter and laws by parliament. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain...temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." The minister was disheartened ; he stood almost alone, helpless for the want of a vigorous will, dreading... | |
 | GEORGE BANOROIT - 1858 - 450 pages
...hazards and mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charter and laws by parliament. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain...temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." The minister was disheartened; he stood almost alone, helpless for the want of a vigorous will, dreading... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - 1865 - 594 pages
...hazards and mischiefs of war rather than admit the alteration of their charter and laws by parliament. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain...temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 1 The journals reported from tune to tune the concentration of military and naval force at Boston,... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - 1872 - 676 pages
...hazards and mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charter and laws by Parliament. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain...temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." These were the last words which the illustrious American, on leaving England, addressed to the obsequious... | |
 | 1875 - 398 pages
...a revolution that could not be averted. On the 3ist of July, Congress, believing with Franklin that "they that can give up essential liberty to obtain...temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety," openly denounced the plan of Lord North for conciliation, inasmuch as it "would leave them without... | |
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they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. 
