“Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
– Ben Franklin

The Founding Fathers valued over safety. Indeed, the Revolutionary War was largely started to stop the use of spying by the British. Background here. In other words, the Founding Fathers gave up their safe life with little freedom to strive for real freedom.

The American people got spooked after 9/11, even though 9/11 was entirely foreseeable, and even the chair of the 9/11 Commission said that the attack was preventable.

But we are now remembering that liberty is more important than some mythical concept of complete safety.

A new AP-GfK poll released yesterday <a href="http://ap-gfkpoll.com/featured/ap-gfk-poll-americans-value--over-security” target=”_blank” title=”finds”>finds:

Americans are increasingly placing personal ahead of being kept safe from terrorists, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. More than 60 percent of respondents said they value over anti-terror protections.

It’s about time.

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