“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” was said by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) on November 11, 1755. There have been many variations on this famous line. A jocular version about giving up pizza for abs has been printed on several images.
   
“Those who give up pizza for temporary abs, deserve neither pizza nor abs. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN” was posted on Facebook “Those who give up pizza to get little temporary abs, deserve neither pizza, nor abs. Benjamin Franklin” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by DYO Pizza on November 7, 2023. “‘Those who would give up essential Pizza, to purchase a little temporary Abs, deserve neither Pizza nor Abs.’ PROBABLY BEN FRANKLIN” was posted on The Patriot Post on March 7, 2024.
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin (17 January 1706 – 17 April 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and a diplomatic scientific and novice electrician; he was a major figure in the U.S. Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
. This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (11 Nov. 1755)
. This quote was used as a motto on the title page of An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania (1759); the book was published by Franklin; its author was Richard Jackson, but Franklin did claim responsibility for some small excerpts that were used in it.
. In 1775 Franklin again used this phrase in his contribution to Massachusetts Conference (Objections to Barclay’s Draft Articles of February 16.) - “They who can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
       
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Jason London
December 20, 2022 at 4:58 PM ·
Those who give up pizza for temporary abs, deserve neither pizza nor abs
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
     
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DYO Pizza
November 7, 2023 at 10:45 AM ·
It’s on the internet, so it must be true? 🤷‍♂️ 🤣
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Those who give up pizza to get little temporary
abs, deserve neither pizza, nor abs.
Benjamin Franklin
   
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White Pine’s Yooper Diner
November 7, 2023 at 11:23 AM ·
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Those who give up pizza to get little temporary
abs, deserve neither pizza, nor abs.
Benjamin Franklin
   
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Claudio Ismael C̠̩̳̘͓̥or̗͈͖͎̘̝͕tés Del Angel
November 7, 2023 at 7:44 PM ·
Those who give up pizza to get little temporary abs, deserve neither pizza, nor abs.
Albert Einstein
 
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Boggs
8 nov 2023
Those who give up pizza to get little temporary abs, deserve neither pizza, nor abs. Benjamin Franklin
 
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RAES khan
@RaesK_1408
Those who give up pizza 🍕 to get little temporary abs, deserve neither pizza nor abs.
11:10 AM · Jan 11, 2024
 
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Rothmus 🏴
@Rothmus
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Those who give up pizza to get little temporary
abs, deserve neither pizza, nor abs.
Benjamin Franklin
4:00 PM · Mar 6, 2024
 
The Patriot Post
MARCH 7, 2024
You Get Neither
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
“Those who would give up essential
Pizza, to purchase a little temporary
Abs, deserve neither Pizza nor Abs.”
PROBABLY BEN FRANKLIN