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Who Would Trade Liberty for Security?

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MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025
Most Americans think that freedom means the government gets to tell us who can come here and live with us. Even many Americans who believe strongly in free trade in goods can’t quite bring themselves to embrace free movement of people. De-socialize society and the immigration “problem” resolves itself into a great blessing for us all. Foreigners will come—the best and hardiest of them—because of the abundance of opportunity a free society represents.
– Lawrence W. Reed, The Freeman [October 1994]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
June 2, 2025 Who Would Trade Liberty for Security? Benjamin Franklin famously stated, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Who would do that? Who would be willing to give up a life of freedom in exchange for being kept “safe,” even temporarily or permanently? What if every American citizen today were confronted directly with this question: Are you willing to …
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