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I believe Franklin said something along the lines of anyone who gives up freedom for security doesnt deserve freedom at all.
by tcmart14 5y ago
I believe Franklin said something along the lines of anyone who gives up freedom for security doesnt deserve freedom at all.
- shadowgovt 5y agoThat's an oft-misunderstood quote. The Penn family was trying to buy their way out of having their American land-holdings taxed by offering to pay mercenaries to protect the Colony (in a single lump sum). Franklin was arguing the Colony should assert its sovereign right to tax the family. The "essential liberty" in question was the liberty of a government to levy tax as it saw fit to provide for a common defence.