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Liberty and Safety

By Aaron Spuler | March 21, 2010

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
Historical Review of Pennsylvania
November 11, 1759

Benjamin Franklin
(January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790)

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