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Benjamin Franklin Means To Me
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin.What this quote from Benjamin Franklin means to me if you have to work under the King for safety you should just go back to England.At the time Benjamin Franklin said this the colonist had just came over to the Americas and some of the colonist wanted to the new colonies to be recognize as their own land not under the rule of England because they had no representation in the government and they were still getting taxed heavily.I love the way how some of the great movement leader fought for me and died for me.America has come so far in it’s citizens’ freedom.The people of the past have helped me so much in my freedom.America’s gift to my generation is all the freedoms that were fought for me and my fellow classmates.
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