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Benjamin Franklin Quotes: 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.


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Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         



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