Speaking of greathearted, intelligent and freedom-loving people - here is a founding father for you: Benjamin Franklin - Jan. 17, 1706 - 1790…
“Those who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security.”
~ still a lesson contemporary politicians need to learn, still a quote to reblog every year until the times change…
Image: Claude Louis Desrais, artist - Library of Congress


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