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Isn't the actual quote more lengthy? As in: "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." f
by true_religion 14y ago
Isn't the actual quote more lengthy? As in: "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." from Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin (1818).
I think the adjectives make all the difference.
- glogla 14y agoIt makes the difference (it refutes the "we give up freedom by being civilized" argument that's floating around) but it still works concerning the TSA and such.
- derleth 14y agoThe actual quote is a lot better, because it immediately invites debate over what is an 'essential liberty', which is entirely the point. That is, in fact, the entire point of having a government in the first place.