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Ben Franklin (allegedly) said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." The old

• krapp 12y ago
  Although, it is entirely possible that what Ben Franklin actually meant was not what many believe[0]... But who knows? I think it's a bit silly to presume what the Founding Fathers would have thought about modern concepts like cryptographic backdoors, when they[1] would have probably been far more appalled by all of the black people and women running around unattended than at the existence of a standing army or laws governing interstate commerce or whatever. [0]http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/07/what-ben-franklin-really-said/ http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/07/what-ben-franklin-really-... [1]generally speaking... i'm not implying all of the Founding Fathers supported slavery, obviously, just that their political and social priorities would not necessarily be what we might expect.