Monday, October 30, 2006

Trading freedom for security

We all know that Benjamin Franklyn is credited with saying,
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.
But who said this?
There's only an up or down -- [up] man's old -- old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.
This is from a 1964 speech, "A Time for Choosing." Click here to see whose speech it was.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

And Sinclair Lewis Said:

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

how odd!??


Aslan