“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.â€
Aye, the cheeky master of irony who owned two slaves when that was said/written (though probably not by him, it seems).
Never trust someone who admits to being called Benjamin.
Haha.
*American, though, Ben.
Yeah, wasn't he just quoting someone else when he said it, or something?
'ccording to wikiquote, someone attributed it to him then later attributed it to Hume. Or sommat.
Fuck it, it's still a good quote.