Liberty for Safety

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety, and will lose both." --- Benjamin Franklin

A completely accurate point, said by one of the Founding Fathers. He tells us that we cannot sacrifice our own personal liberties for the sake of a little temporary safety. Nothing is more accurate in this day and age with the US P.A.T.R.I.O.T act looming over our shoulders. A fine example of how right the Founding Fathers could be on some things. How can a person give up liberty to insure safety, when safety can never possibly be assured. Any number of things could still happen regardless of you throwing away your personal liberties. If one keeps throwing away liberties to try to get a little more security eventually we will wind up with nothing. The government will control every aspect of our lives. At that point will it really matter if we are safe, we will not be truly alive.