Benjanmin Franklin
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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
| NUMBER: | 3929 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) |
| QUOTATION: | They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Historical Review of Pennsylvania. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
- Note 1.
- This sentence was much used in the Revolutionary period. It occurs even so early as November, 1755, in an answer by the Assembly of Pennsylvania to the Governor, and forms the motto of Franklin’s Historical Review, 1759, appearing also in the body of the work. —Frothingham: Rise of the Republic of the United States, p. 413.
Samuel Johnson
“How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?”
— Samuel Johnson, in his pamphlet Taxation No Tyranny
Martin Niemöller
| Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Kommunist. | When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. |
| Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat. | When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. |
| Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten, habe ich nicht protestiert; ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter. | When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. |
| Als sie die Juden holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Jude. | When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn’t a Jew. |
| Als sie mich holten, gab es keinen mehr, der protestierte. | When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out. |