Benjamin Franklin is recognized as one of our Founding Fathers. He was one of the more liberal among that group, but he knew that Jefferson was right when he talked about men being endowed by their Creator with rights. Franklin said:
"A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know the price of the rights which God has given them, cannot be enslaved."
Walker P. Whitman, A Christian History of the American Republic: A Textbook for Secondary Schools, (Boston: Green Leaf Press, 1939,1948), 97.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Benjamin Franklin - Know the Rights God Gave Us
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Look, I am a christian who believes our rights are God-given, but I never quote wiyhout citation, and have never found it in original documents where Franklin said this. Can you tell me where to finf the citation for this statement? If you have a citation please let me know it.
The citation is just below the quote. It's smaller and lighter text, but it shows up fine on my computer screen. Here it is in plain text:
Walker P. Whitman, A Christian History of the American Republic: A Textbook for Secondary Schools, (Boston: Green Leaf Press, 1939,1948), 97.
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