Friday, February 1, 2013

Sweet little quote of the day

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
- Thomas Jefferson

This floated by by Facebook newsfeed. It was posted by ConSource, a great resource for all matters related to the US Constitution.

In 2305 we covered Federalist #10 and discussed Madison's observation that a free society invites conflict, the only question is how to contain it in a manner that does not infringe on excessively on individual freedom.