Ben Franklin on the surveillance scandal

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10. Actually here's the quote,

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."

- Benjamin Franklin

If I remember correctly, and this is when I was in high school, (loooooooooooooooooong time ago), that if we're willing to give up our rights to give the govt more power to make us feel more secure, then, we, as a people, don't deserve our rights nor our security.
Gotta remember, back then the Founding Fathers were deeply suspicious of a central govt and didn't want to it to grow so large that it became omnipresent.

Sorry, that's the best I can do.