RayWPremium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
kudos:1 | reply to Spudge_Boy
Re: Sort of old news said by Spudge_Boy:As an obscure writer wrote in the 1700's: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." That obscure writer was Ben Franklin As the drunk pointed out, Franklin most likely did not pen that but supposedly another person by the name of Richard Jackson in a letter to the Governor of Pennsylvania did. If I lived in Boston I know where I could go to get more details, but for now it is just one of those items that make up the American Mythos.
I always thought is Ben too, but I had an instructor who caused an uproar in class by saying Ben did not do it, and had some convincing proof. Thus it stuck with me. The name Jackson does not ring a bell, but several net sources (if you can trust them) did have his name and to whom it was written to. Your research may vary.
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