Comment on Obama defends surveillance effort as 'trade-off' for securityparentComments−tzs13yIf you were trying to quote Ben Franklin, you botched it. He said "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little Temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety", which is significantly different.−tptacek13yWe're not even sure he said it. He denied authorship of the compilation that the quote originally appeared in.−brymaster13yHe said it, or at least the original thought (or variation of the words) was his, according to the sources on Wikiquote http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Quotes−philippelh13yDamn it... this site looked legit :( http://www.whatourforefathersthought.com/Quotes.html but you are right...−angersock13yIndeed. It seems to be a somewhat harsher constraint, noting the use of the subjunctive.
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If you were trying to quote Ben Franklin, you botched it. He said "Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little Temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety", which is significantly different.
We're not even sure he said it. He denied authorship of the compilation that the quote originally appeared in.
He said it, or at least the original thought (or variation of the words) was his, according to the sources on Wikiquote http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Quotes
Damn it... this site looked legit :( http://www.whatourforefathersthought.com/Quotes.html but you are right...
Indeed. It seems to be a somewhat harsher constraint, noting the use of the subjunctive.