Years after decrying Bush for it, Obama said Americans did have to make tough choices in the name of safety.
"You can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience," the president said.
You can't have 100 percent security, period. Life is full of risks. We are smart enough to gauge them, and should be brave enough to take them, not imprison ourselves to avoid them.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Love your comment, Frank.
ReplyDeleteIf we were less afraid of death, we might be more inclined to embrace risk.
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