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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Hijacking Ben Franklin

I didn't post anything on Ben's 300th birthday last week, but I heard the following refrain, attributed to Franklin, about a dozen times from liberals opposed to the NSA capturing terrorists ("domestic spying" for CNN watchers):

"Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither."

The Junkyard Blog has a good post on the warped usage of his actual phrase.