RT @pkedrosky: Interesting: What Ben Franklin...
RT @pkedrosky: Interesting: What Ben Franklin really said about liberty/security - http://t.co/tHQcyp3w86 /v @timoreilly
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By Benjamin Wittes Friday, July 15, 2011 at 6:53 AM Here's an interesting historical fact I have dug up in some research for an essay I am writing about the relationship between liberty and security: That famous quote by Benjamin Franklin that "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" does not mean what it seems to say.