Security And Freedom

The people never give

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke

We look forward to

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We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear. Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you want total

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If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Do not worry! Earthly

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Do not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are what cause anxiety. The heart which clings to goods receives with them the choking burden of worry. Worry collects treasures, and treasures produce more worries. We desire to secure our … Read more

It is easy to

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It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. Dick Cheney

It may be better

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It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. C. S. Lewis

Of all tyrannies a

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C. S. Lewis

Of all tyrannies, a

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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own … Read more

They who can give

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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin