“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”—Benjamin Franklin to the Pennsylvania Assembly, February 1775.
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." —Thomas Jefferson, 1791.
“There ought to be limits to freedom.” —George W. Bush, May 1999.
“I’m the decider, and I decide what’s best.” —George W. Bush, April 2006.
“America, we are better than this.” —Barack Obama, August 2008.
4 comments:
Shocking quotes for our current leader. If you really want to bestow that term on him.
Thanks.
Claire (my wife) and I are actually leaving this hell hole of wash dc after 12 years in 2 weeks... we will be living up the street from you (or down the street?) is sunny orrs island.
email me when you get a chance. I hope you are well!!
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mikehop2@gmail.com
Hey, one of my grad school buddies spends a lot of time on Orr's Island. It's about a two-hour drive from here. Got your new e-mail address. We'll have to meet up soon. Been too long.
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