Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~ Benjamin Franklin(thanks Peevish)
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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Whereas Thomas Jefferson is by far my favorite Founding Father (he would've undoubtedly been a Dem / liberal if alive today), not far behind is Ben Franklin. Example of why:
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