"People willing to trade their freedom for security will receive neither." Benjamin Franklin

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[–]HopeThatHalps 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"People willing to trade their freedom for security will receive neither." Benjamin Franklin

If you're trading away freedom, why would you also expect to receive it? That's idiotic. The actual quote is not idiotic, though:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

I think they quote is somewhat antiquated, because what constituted liberty in 1800 is not the same as what constitutes it now. Liberty just means "free", and because total freedom would be anarchy, its never about "freedom" as such, it's about particular freedoms, and in this case, as it related to being a British colony. 2A guys will hold this quote up like it's an indelible truth in 2019, but there are countries that outaw guns, and far fewer people die to gun violence. I want liberty from being shot, how about that?

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You're right. The situations have changed so it does not apply exactly the same way it did back then. At the same time, I feel that it is important to remember the history because it is more likely to repeat, in one way or another, if we forget it. And yeah, thathalped. Thanks for correcting the line.