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Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Chess Player
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Silence Dogood
Ben Franklin
The First American
Franklin
Poor Richard
Forfeit
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Liberty
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