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Old 2012-10-14, 20:26   Link #913
TinyRedLeaf
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 49
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Originally Posted by ogon_bat View Post
“A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither”. Thomas Jefferson quotes
That's an idealistic aphorism with very little practical use in daily reality, and I don't believe Jefferson was an advocate for anarchy. Just the mere act of living together as a society requires the surrendering of some individual liberties. It's not a question of whether or not to give up some freedoms, but rather a question of how much to give up.
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