I am sorry but you must miss-understand the Importance of the Quote - it is stating that Liberty is actually something we must be diligent and unwavering in our support of - when we cower and allow a ruling class to strip us of our civil rights for "security or safety" - we are in fact surrendering those rights to said Ruling Class. - we are then at the mercy of those whom have stolen our rights (Patriot Act/Surveillance State) Virtue Signaling is what Trudeau does or citizens still wearing masks (proven ineffective) do - performative theatre re-enforcing the lies & manipulations that have brought us to this place. In America at the time, you couldn't shake a stick around without hitting a slave owner - not trying to be an apologist - Slavery is the greatest stain on Western Democracies in their entire history - and should be taught in schools so that we never repeat it. As far as Franklin doing bad things to First Nations people - that I am not aware of - if you would be willing to share that info I would appreciate it.
I am sorry but you must miss-understand the Importance of the Quote - it is stating that Liberty is actually something we must be diligent and unwavering in our support of - when we cower and allow a ruling class to strip us of our civil rights for "security or safety" - we are in fact surrendering those rights to said Ruling Class. - we are then at the mercy of those whom have stolen our rights (Patriot Act/Surveillance State) Virtue Signaling is what Trudeau does or citizens still wearing masks (proven ineffective) do - performative theatre re-enforcing the lies & manipulations that have brought us to this place. In America at the time, you couldn't shake a stick around without hitting a slave owner - not trying to be an apologist - Slavery is the greatest stain on Western Democracies in their entire history - and should be taught in schools so that we never repeat it. As far as Franklin doing bad things to First Nations people - that I am not aware of - if you would be willing to share that info I would appreciate it.