Essay · Political literatureThose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.Benjamin Franklin1755★ 7.1
Political literatureThe first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society.Jean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on Inequality · 1755★ 6.1
Political literatureMoney is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.Jean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on Political Economy · 1755★ 4.5