Dude, Where’s My Freedom?
by freesnake on Jun.14, 2011, under National
A good take on Freedom by Dr. Paul Hsieh; from Pajamas Media:
Benjamin Franklin once warned Americans that “they who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.” Yet in the seemingly unrelated areas of health care and physical security, our political leaders are embracing this folly with predictably bad results.
In the realm of health care, the…continued at Pajamas Media.
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June 15th, 2011 on 5:14 PM
I read and re-read this article. Great! Now if we could just get the “Powers that Be” to read it, BELIEVE it and then act on it.
August 14th, 2011 on 9:05 PM
Franklin never actually said this, its a made up quote attributed to him. Some form of it likely appeared in one of his publications, with a different meaning and context. Franklin very much was not against defending Liberty in Burkean fashion.