Re: Civil Disobedience

From: White Vampire (whitevampire@mindless.com)
Date: 10/15/01 

Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:16:14 -0400
From: White Vampire <whitevampire@mindless.com>
To: Robert Tillman <Robert.Tillman@veritas.com>
Subject: Re: Civil Disobedience
Message-ID: <20011015161614.A9404@lsd>

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On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 11:27:35AM -0700, Robert Tillman(Robert.Tillman@veritas.com) wrote:
> I think is best said by Thomas Jefferson (if I'm wrong on this someone
> correct me).
> -- "Those who would give up freedom for security deserve neither! "

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin,
Historical Review of Pennyslvania, 1759

        That quote is frequently miscredited. Jefferson said this:

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain
occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive." --Thomas Jefferson
  
"That government is best which governs the least, because its people
discipline themselves." --Thomas Jefferson

Regards,
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