Benjamin Franklin,
Silence Dogood, No. 8
(1722)
“ 'Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech; ”
Benjamin Franklin
Summary
“Silence Dogood, No. 8”, published in 1722, is a work by Benjamin Franklin. It explores elements such as Governours, publick and Traytors.
Quotes from Silence Dogood, No. 8 (Benjamin Franklin)
Benjamin Franklin,
Silence Dogood, No. 8
(1722)
“ And this is the only Check it ought to suffer, and the only Bounds it ought to know. 'This sacred Privilege is so essential to free Governments, that the Security of Property, and the Freedom of Speech always go together; and in those wretched Countries where a Man cannot call his Tongue his own, he can scarce call any Thing else his own. Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech; a Thing terrible to Publick Traytors. ”
Benjamin Franklin,
Silence Dogood, No. 8
(1722)
“ Indeed whenever the Commons proceeded to Violence, the great Ones had been the Agressors. 'GUILT only dreads Liberty of Speech, which drags it out of its lurking Holes, and exposes its Deformity and Horrour to Day-light. ”
