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He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security (via Ben Franklin)
by xentronium 16y ago
He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security (via Ben Franklin)
- Travis 16y agoYou got the oft-excluded part of the quote right -- temporary security -- but the actual quote is, "he who would trade Essential Liberty for some Temporary Security, deserves neither Liberty or Security." Many people omit the word, "temporary". The suspicious part of me says they do it so their (mis-quoted) statement appears more bold and uncompromising.