“Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people -- namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect.” Thomas Sowell
Benjamin Franklin on the trade off between liberty and security:
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
As true today as it was in the 18th Century.
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It is a good quote. What I find to be amusing is that some people will use it to criticize Homeland Security or the War on Terror and yet be completely befuddled when I use it to describe Social Security.
Comment by tkc — April 16, 2007 @ 9:01 pm