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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2659267" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>That's actually Benjamin Franklin. The actual quote is "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."</p><p></p><p>It was originally written in a <a href="http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=6&page=238a" target="_blank">letter</a> from Franklin to the Governor of Pennsylvania on behalf of the Pennsylvania Assembly. The context of the letter was the Assembly's desire to tax the lands of Pennsylvania to provide for defense against French and Indian attacks, but the Governor was blocking the measure on behalf of the Penn family (who weren't even in Pennsylvania). In context, the quote argues for the "essential liberty" of self-governance for a legislature to provide for the necessary security interests of those it governs (in this case, the freedom of the legislature to levy a tax to provide arms for the defense of Pennsylvania).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2659267, member: 5151"] That's actually Benjamin Franklin. The actual quote is "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." It was originally written in a [URL="http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=6&page=238a"]letter[/URL] from Franklin to the Governor of Pennsylvania on behalf of the Pennsylvania Assembly. The context of the letter was the Assembly's desire to tax the lands of Pennsylvania to provide for defense against French and Indian attacks, but the Governor was blocking the measure on behalf of the Penn family (who weren't even in Pennsylvania). In context, the quote argues for the "essential liberty" of self-governance for a legislature to provide for the necessary security interests of those it governs (in this case, the freedom of the legislature to levy a tax to provide arms for the defense of Pennsylvania). [/QUOTE]
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