"[Freedom is] not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature."
— Benjamin Franklin

January 1, 1970

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This is actually from an essay "On Government No. I" that appeared in Franklin's paper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, on 1 April 1736. The author was John Webbe. He wrote about the privileges enjoyed under British rule,