What about Ben Franklin? (was Re: [PLUG-TALK] O.J. and guns)

Russell Senior seniorr at aracnet.com
Sat Jul 3 02:47:09 UTC 2004


>>>>> "glen" == glen e p ropella <gepr at tempusdictum.com> writes:

glen> Wasn't it Ben Franklin who said "Those who would trade freedom
glen> for safety deserve neither"?  Of course, he spent too much time
glen> smoking pot to ever be taken very seriously.

According to a quick google search, the quote is:

  <http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/freedom/>

  ``They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
    temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.''

On the other hand, just because he (or anyone else) said it and others
repeat it doesn't make it true.


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Russell Senior         ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.''
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