"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither."
— Thomas Jefferson

January 1, 1970

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This has actually become a common paraphrase of a statement that is believed to have originated with Benjamin Franklin: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.