Another one of my favorites: "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain
Max Dillon Charleston SC Jul 20, 2020 12:48:01 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > Thanks, Jim, for sharing that. It is a good read. I think the gist of it is: > > The exact quotation, which is from a letter that Franklin is believed to > have written on behalf of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, reads, "those > who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > > It is a quotation that defends the authority of a legislature to govern in > the interests of collective security. It means, in context, not quite the > opposite of what it's almost always quoted as saying but much closer to the > opposite than to the thing that people think it means. > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 6:52 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> Yes, those that would trade liberty for security deserve neither. >> >> The quote should include the word "essential", IIRC. So I looked it up, >> and it made for an interesting (short) read: >> >> https://www.npr.org/2015/03/02/390245038/ben-franklins-famous-liberty-safety-quote-lost-its-context-in-21st-century >> < >> https://www.npr.org/2015/03/02/390245038/ben-franklins-famous-liberty-safety-quote-lost-its-context-in-21st-century >>> >> -- Jim >> > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
