You give away freedom for safety, you lose both and deserve neither. I'll take dangerous freedom.
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I like Ben Franklin's quote, he used it more than a few times over his life
Backhanded way of calling those that didn't agree with him cowards
He was a wordsmith
But its simply not a true statement, just a way of insulting someone with a different point of view, when its against yours, which is exactly how he used it in every example
All Laws inhibit "Freedom" in some respect, because no Law is anarchy, ultimate Freedom to do what you want
You wouldn't want "dangerous Freedom", well YOU may want "dangerous Freedom" but you would NOT want others around you to have the same "dangerous Freedom", where they could take what you have because they have the Freedom of no Laws
So I will assume you agree that some Laws are needed if large groups of people will be living together
Which means Laws make Freedom better
The fact you live in a country where you can Vote and elect people that represent your point of view on certain topics means you can often get Laws or remove Laws that suit YOUR idea of Freedom
Another Franklin quote "Yes, we must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.", he was a GOOD wordsmith
My take on this is that even though you disagree with some of the others in a group, the goal, at that time, was worth overlooking those differences to gain the independence to decide your fate