copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2019-04-07): There is no evidence that Franklin authored this saying. It was actually written by author Henry Stuber.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2019-06-18): FACT CHECK: Did Benjamin Franklin Say This Quote About Avoiding Tyranny? [...] There is no evidence that Franklin authored this saying. It was actually written by author Henry Stuber. [...] It is one of several misattributed sayings that has come to the attention of the Franklin Institute, a science education center founded in his honor; it includes the quote in a list of "7 Things Benjamin Franklin Never Said" on its website. (RELATED: Viral Image Credits Ben Franklin With This Quote On Justice)
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2018-06-28): Follow The Franklin Institute: @TheFranklin on Twitter.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Benjamin Franklin - God Quotes 22 Sourced Quotes I've lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing Proofs I see of this Truth — That God governs in the Affairs of Men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that except the Lord build the House they labor in vain who build it. I firmly believe this, — and I also believe that without his concurring Aid, we shall succeed in this political Building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our Projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a Reproach and Bye word down to future Ages.Benjamin Franklin
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2019-06-19): A viral image posted on Facebook alleges that founding father Benjamin Franklin once said, "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." There is no evidence that Franklin ever made this statement. [...] The alleged quote has been attributed to Franklin, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the nation’s most prominent founders, countless times online. However, there is no evidence that he ever made this statement. A search of Franklin’s collected works turned up nothing similar.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2013-01-01): Benjamin Franklin (1838). "The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Ed., and Many Letters Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author", p.48 Benjamin Franklin (1844). "The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author", p.573
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2024-07-20): - There is no evidence that Franklin ever actually said or wrote this, but it's remarkably similar a quote often attributed, without proper sourcing, to Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexander Fraser Tytler: [...] - Libraries ... will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. It is in the regions of ignorance that tyranny reigns. [...] - 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, - Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much? or how can we prize them equal to their value, if we do not know their intrinsic worth, and that they are not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature?
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2019-10-17): An image shared on Facebook claims that founding father Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." The Daily Caller found no evidence that Franklin originated the saying. [...] Blaine McCormick, a professor at Baylor University and author of "Ben Franklin: America’s Original Entrepreneur," noted that the statement did not sound "Colonial" in a 2015 press release, in which he also debunked a number of other quotes from Franklin.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2020-12-21): Americans remember Benjamin Franklin as one of our founding fathers. And well they should, as he was not just our most famous citizen at our country’s birth, he was a central part of that birth. [...] Unfortunately, the result has been that attention which deserves to be paid to what Franklin said about America and the liberty it was designed to protect has often been crowded out by that paid to his other accomplishments. It is worth remembering some of those inspirational words. [...] Benjamin Franklin made clear the ultimate intended result of America’s experiment in liberty, when he said, "God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country." As we reflect on the political developments of the day, we should take a moment to reflect on how far we are from that goal, and ask how new life can be brought to that ideal which America was intended to embody.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2015-03-02): Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." That quote often comes up in the context of new technology and concerns about government surveillance. Benjamin Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the editor of Lawfare, tells NPR's Robert Siegel that it wasn't originally meant to mean what people think. [...] WITTES: You know, there are all of these quotations. Think of kill all the lawyers - right? - from Shakespeare. Nobody really remembers what the characters in question were saying at that time. And maybe it doesn't matter so much what Franklin was actually trying to say because the quotation means so much to us in terms of the tension between government power and individual liberties. But I do think it is worth remembering what he was actually trying to say because the actual context is much more sensitive to the problems of real governance than the flip quotation's use is, often. And Franklin was dealing with a genuine security emergency. There were raids on these frontier towns. And he regarded the ability of a community to defend itself as the essential liberty that it would be contemptible to trade. So I don't really have a problem with people misusing the quotation, but I also think it's worth remembering what it was really about.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2022-01-06): As we negotiate our way through a time when facts and the evidence that supports them are increasingly under scrutiny, it is fair to ask if Franklin’s conversation with Powel, as recorded in McHenry’s journal, really happened. McHenry’s journal contains his notes on debates he observed at the convention. Did he also hear for himself the conversation between Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Willing Powel? Or did he learn about it from hearsay? Years later, after the anecdote had been published in the newspapers (sometimes with embellishments) and was widely known, Powel herself claimed to have forgotten it. "I have no recollection of any such conversations," she wrote in a letter to a friend in 1814. "Yet I cannot venture to deny after so many Years have elapsed that such conversations had passed. I well remember to have frequently associated with the most respectable, influential Members of the Convention that framed the Constitution, and that the all-important Subject was frequently discussed at our House."
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin (ed. 1793)
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2016-04-05): Benjamin Franklin never actually said this, one of the adages most often attributed to him. He did, however, write in the 1737 Poor Richard’s Almanack: "A penny saved is two pence clear." [...] There is no evidence that Benjamin Franklin ever said this epigram. Some scholars have attributed it to a Confucian philosopher named Xun Kuang, who lived in the fourth century B.C. [...] The author of this quote was not Benjamin Franklin, but fellow publisher John Webbe. It appeared in an essay in Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette on April 1, 1736: "Thank God we are in full enjoyment of these privileges [under British rule]. But can we be taught to prize them too much? Or how can we prize them equal to their value, if we do not know their intrinsic worth, and that they are not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature?"
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2018-12-13): Sometimes bogus Franklin quotes say nice things, but this one gets ugly if you reverse it: when a nation does become enslaved, it must be because they were ignorant or didn’t sufficiently value their natural rights. This leaves out being surprised, out-gunned, overpowered, or overcome by disease as factors in one nation’s enslavement by another. [...] As I write this, in our national repository, the National Archives, in its main building on our National Mall, in the most sacred Rotunda, in the 17th display cabinet on the far right, under glass, is the mis-attributed double mis-quote: "A nation of well-informed men, who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them, cannot be enslaved. [...] QuoteFancy.com allows a variety of wallpaper settings with pretty pictures behind a mis-attributed triple misquote, with "It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins – Benjamin Franklin" — what does that even mean?
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2024-01-28): It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins. - Benjamin Franklin - 01-28-2024, 09:26 PM #21
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2024-03-05): And to what do we owe this gift of dumb? Right Wing fundamentalism, both religious and political. No one has taken this quote from Benjamin Franklin as seriously as the powers that be in the conservative movement:
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2020-03-13): Style:MLAChicagoAPA "Benjamin Franklin Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 Oct. 2024. <https://www.quotes.net/quote/77981>.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2023-12-27): Colin , ' I will end the Lamar Jackson MVP debate in 90 seconds'A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Painting of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (c. 1785).
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2023-09-29): —John Adams "The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence." [...] —Jefferson to Madison, 1787 "Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." [...] —Mario Vargas Llosa "Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins."
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2022-10-07): This is serious stuff! Benjamin Franklin said many years ago, [...] So it is today, perhaps more true than when Franklin warned us of ignorance, that while we are saturated by information on the Internet, talk radio and late night TV, we know less and less about what truly matters. We may be full of minutiae. We risk losing sight of common sense and our rights. We have little sense of the central issues of our time and our community. Time and place. These are what give us a sense of belonging so we may not be enslaved.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2022-05-25): "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." [...] – Benjamin Franklin "A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." [...] If what our Founding Fathers believed is true – that the preservation of our freedoms is predicated on an informed citizenry – the picture the surveys paint is rather bleak. Is there hope? Is anybody doing anything about it? Fortunately, a faithful few are.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2017-08-10): - Samuel Adams: "No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved."
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Introduction "This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties . . . a nation of well-informed men, who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them, cannot be enslaved, It is in the regions of ignorance that tyranny begins." The above quote containing the words and visions of Benjamin Franklin exhorts citizens of the newly-formed republic to be aware in order to preserve personal freedoms and it clearly underscores the goal of this unit.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2008-05-01): Benjamin Franklin entry at Wikipedia [...] It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.ö  {blog 3/2011} [...] Benjamin Franklin Quotations Page  ½½ you are here
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2017-10-10): 6 Reasons American Heritage is Worth Your Time "A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved.
Claim: Claims that Benjamin Franklin once said, "A Nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved; it is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-07)
Evidence (2022-11-20): Franklin concludes also that it his duty to worship God, since He is all powerful and since he owes his existence to Him. He also concludes that God wants human beings to be happy and takes pleasure in their virtue and happiness. He ends with his own system of daily adoration, petitions and self-reflections for approaching God.
Claim: Claims a white Russian billionaire offered to pay $1 billion for NBA superstar LeBron James and tennis champion Serena Williams to have a child together (Viral post, 2020-01-01)
Evidence (2020-01-01): The story comes from a now-defunct satire website. The Russian billionaire appears to be a made-up character.
Claim: Claims a white Russian billionaire offered to pay $1 billion for NBA superstar LeBron James and tennis champion Serena Williams to have a child together (Viral post, 2020-01-01)
Evidence (2020-01-06): FACT CHECK: Did A Russian Billionaire Offer LeBron James And Serena Williams A Billion Dollars To Have A Child Together? An image shared on Facebook more than 900 times claims a Russian billionaire offered NBA player LeBron James and tennis player Serena Williams a billion dollars to have a "super athlete" child together. [...] A widely-shared post purportedly shows a screen grab of a news article about a Russian billionaire, identified as both Vladist and Vladir Sugarin, who offered a billion dollars to James and Williams to have a "super athlete" child. The headline reads, "White Billionaire Offers $1 Billion to Breed Lebron (sic) & Serena."
Claim: Claims a white Russian billionaire offered to pay $1 billion for NBA superstar LeBron James and tennis champion Serena Williams to have a child together (Viral post, 2020-01-01)
Evidence (2022-06-02): LeBron James is a billionaire, marking the first time an active NBA player has achieved that milestone, according to one calculation.
Claim: Claims a white Russian billionaire offered to pay $1 billion for NBA superstar LeBron James and tennis champion Serena Williams to have a child together (Viral post, 2020-01-01)
Evidence (2022-06-03): LeBron James is officially a billionaire. Here's where his wealth is. Basketball legend LeBron James is known for many athletic records, but he's now scored one of the most coveted financial achievements: Joining the ranks of the America's billionaires. [...] James has long held the goal of becoming a billionaire, telling GQ in 2014 that it was his "biggest milestone."
Claim: Claims a white Russian billionaire offered to pay $1 billion for NBA superstar LeBron James and tennis champion Serena Williams to have a child together (Viral post, 2020-01-01)
Evidence (2022-06-03): LeBron James is officially a billionaire, according to Forbes [...] LeBron James' net worth has reached $1 billion, making him the first active NBA player to hit this milestone, according to Forbes. [...] LeBron on being a billionaire: 'It's my biggest milestone'
Claim: Claims a white Russian billionaire offered to pay $1 billion for NBA superstar LeBron James and tennis champion Serena Williams to have a child together (Viral post, 2020-01-01)
Evidence (2022-06-02): LeBron James joins Michael Jordan as the only NBA billionaires LeBron James is officially a billionaire. The Los Angeles Lakers star is worth an estimated $1 billion, according to Forbes, which makes him the first active NBA player to join the billionaire club. [...] Either way, LeBron James has cemented himself as one of the richest NBA players of all time, and he could eventually eclipse Jordan's estimated $1.7 billion net worth before his playing career even ends.
Claim: Claims a white Russian billionaire offered to pay $1 billion for NBA superstar LeBron James and tennis champion Serena Williams to have a child together (Viral post, 2020-01-01)
Evidence (2022-10-13): Having piled up four NBA championships and four MVP Awards—not to mention $1.2 billion in career earnings—LeBron James has nothing left to prove. But as the Los Angeles Lakers’ 37-year-old superstar heads into his 20th pro season, he is still breaking new ground.