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  2. 45 Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Liberty, Wisdom and Integrity

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    45 Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Liberty, Wisdom and Integrity. Vanessa Hall. June 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM. Benjamin Franklin is one of America's most notable historical figures. In addition to being ...

  3. All men are created equal - Wikipedia

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    The final form of the sentence was stylized by Benjamin Franklin, and penned by Thomas Jefferson during the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1776. [1] It reads: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life ...

  4. A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain

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    A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain is a philosophical pamphlet by Benjamin Franklin, published in London in 1725 in response to The Religion of Nature Delineated. Arguments about human motivation

  5. A Letter to a Royal Academy - Wikipedia

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    Franklin punned that compared to his ruminations on flatulence, other scientific investigations were "scarcely worth a FART-HING" "A Letter to a Royal Academy" [1] (sometimes "A Letter to a Royal Academy about Farting" or "Fart Proudly" [2] [3]) is the name of an essay about flatulence written by Benjamin Franklin c. 1781 while he was living abroad as United States Ambassador to France. [1]

  6. Death and taxes (idiom) - Wikipedia

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    Death and taxes" is a phrase commonly referencing a famous quotation written by American statesman Benjamin Franklin: Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. —

  7. Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act - Wikipedia

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    [2] Its name, as described in Sec. 2, No. 1, refers to Benjamin Franklin's famous quote, "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." [2] The act had the goal of creating a 90-day review period in which parts of Sections 4-10 of the USA PATRIOT Act could be removed.

  8. Freedom of thought - Wikipedia

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    "Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom & no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech", Benjamin Franklin, 1722. Freedom of thought is the freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, independent of others' viewpoints.

  9. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin thought that slavery was "an atrocious debasement of human nature" and "a source of serious evils." In 1787, Franklin and Benjamin Rush helped write a new constitution for the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, [266] and that same year Franklin became president of the organization. [267]