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Neither Liberty Nor Safety

by Andrew P. Napolitano
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 “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”            -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin’s famous one-liner about the relationship between liberty and safety has intrigued me since I first read it in high school. Why would anyone sacrifice personal liberty? And how does that sacrifice equate to temporary safety?

            When Franklin uttered these. . .

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