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.
--
Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.''
seniorr at aracnet.com
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