Quotes & Sayings About Giving Up Freedom For Security

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

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one. — Benjamin Franklin

[T]hose who are willing to surrender their freedom for security have always demanded that if they give up their full freedom it should also be taken from those not prepared to do so. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security. — Benjamin Franklin

We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in order to have more security. — William Cohen

The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive. — Larry Niven

But, in making the sacrifices that the Government asks us to make, we are not protecting our freedom. We are giving away our freedom in exchange for a false sense of security. — Kenneth Eade

The more men you make free, the more freedom is strengthened, and the more men you give an interest in the welfare and safety of the State, the greater is the security of the State. — Frederick Douglass

It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security. — Harry S. Truman

If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both. — Benjamin Franklin

Boundary construction is most evident in three-year-olds. Boundary construction is most evident in three-year-olds. By this time, they should have mastered the following tasks:

1. The ability to be emotionally attached to others, yet without giving up a sense of self and one's freedom to be apart,

2. The ability to say appropriate no's to others without fear of loss of love,

3. The ability to take appropriate no's from others without withdrawing emotionally.

Noting these tasks, a friend said half-joking, "They need to learn this by age three? How about by fourty-three?" Yes, these are tall orders but boundary development is essential in the early years of life. — Henry Cloud

Conservatives take the opposite approach. They start from the idea that self-discipline is fundamental. A lack of property to conservatives indicates a lack of discipline, and hence a lack of morality. Therefore, giving people things they haven't earned creates dependency, which traps people in welfare programs and poverty and thus robs them of their freedom. Not only that, but the taxes that pay for programs like Social Security and universal health care infringe on the freedom of the taxpayer, since taking his money is imposing on his freedom. What — George Lakoff

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar