Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:40:55 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@nickelkid.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft go it right ;-) Message-ID: <20000118124055.A25770@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001180917110.7990-100000@cornflake.nickelkid.com>; from jooji@nickelkid.com on Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 09:24:26AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001180436100.4688-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001180917110.7990-100000@cornflake.nickelkid.com>
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 09:24:26AM -0500, Jasper O'Malley wrote: > They all said it, in one form or another, around the same time. I've seen > at least a dozen different versions of the above quote, but the only one > I've seen with a citation was this one: > > "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary > safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin. > > >From "American Quotations," 1988, Carruth and Ehrlich, eds. I've seen it in several forms from several people. Since all of them were of equal presumed accuracy (i.e. unrefrenced quotes on the net) I just kept one at random. As you can see, I've decided to adopt the Benjamin Franklin quote since you provided a citation which should imporve it's chances of being accurate somewhat. ;-) -- Brooks -- "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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