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Originally posted by kstar
However, back to the subject, I believe a quote from Benjamin Franklin sums it up best: "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. "
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Somerset Maugham summed it up better:
"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."
I'm not sure that Franklin's statements from over 200 years ago should be considered factual or even applicable to current times . . . not that I even disagree, I'm just saying.