(July 2, 2014 at 7:31 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You don't have to disagree with Franklin. The context of that quote is grossly misinterpreted by modern readers who have no idea what the fuck Franklin was talking about in 1755.
http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/07/what-...ally-said/
Quote:In short, Franklin was not describing some tension between government power and individual liberty. He was describing, rather, effective self-government in the service of security as the very liberty it would be contemptible to trade.
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