"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither."
— John Stuart Mill

January 1, 1970

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Also attributed to Thomas Jefferson, this is a modern paraphrase of a statement of Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."