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Ben Franklin put it well: "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

• hbt 16y ago
  Each time I read this quote, I can only think of the Patriot Act.
  • Tamerlin 16y ago
    When I think of the Pariot Act I think of what V said in V for Vendetta: The government should fear its people, never the other way around.
    • pivo 16y ago
      Or Thomas Jefferson: "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
      • Tamerlin 16y ago
        Also an excellent quote, and entirely appropriate.