Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Benjamin Franklin pointed out a truth that should be highly discomforting to 21st-century Americans: ‘Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.’ Why discomforting? Because that’s exactly what both 20th-century and 21st-century Americans have done.” (08/19/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/08/19/americans-dont-deserve-liberty-or-safety/