Benjamin Franklin once said that "freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government: When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved." What did Benjamin Franklin mean by this statement?

What I think that Ben Franklin meant that if a government restricts your freedom of speech they restrict 1 of your basic human rights and then they also restrict your freedom of thought which leads to restricting all of you rights

Like for example what Hitler did he took away guns and no one could speak against the government

1) the taiping rebellion was prompted from 1850-1864 and waged against the ruling of machu qing dynasty. the rebellion was caused by hong xiuquan and class differences, later leading to a radical change in social and economic structure.

3) karl marx, a believer of the principle of socialism, believed that the working class would have to free themselves from the exploitation of industrialists by establishing a radical socialist classless society where all industries and   property are owned by the state.

5) as indians revolt gained power, people found additional reasons to protest against the british rule. princely families joined the uprising due to changes to the inheritance law which made adopted children ineligible to assume the throne. this was an attempt by the british to control royal succession in the princely states that were nominally independent from the british.

what is this news

explanation: