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Originally Posted by dyna mo
i don't agree nor disagree.
that said, that quote is taken out of context.
Franklin was writing not as a subject being asked to cede his liberty to government, but in his capacity as a legislator being asked to renounce his power to tax lands notionally under his jurisdiction. In other words, the ?essential liberty? to which Franklin referred was thus not what we would think of today as civil liberties but, rather, the right of self-governance of a legislature in the interests of collective security.
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That's fine, but I can still repeat the same words he said and use them in context which I choose. He said the words but they can be re-spoken because they are words and different meaning can be implied.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." crockett asshole on GFY 5/15/15