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Article #285Re: A Trial Balloon on Registered Keys
From: Jeff Copeland
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 15:54
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 15:54
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In article <1992Oct29.151126.22114@cs.ruu.nl> piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) writes:
>>>>>> george@tessi.com (George Mitchell) (GM) writes:
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>GM> "Those who give up a little liberty to obtain safety deserve neither
>GM> liberty nor safety."
>
>Which is of course nonsense and therefore dangerous.
>
>There are plenty of example where everyone gives up a little liberty in
>order to obtain more safety. E.g in traffic:
In this instance a more appropriate quotation is something John
Quincy Adams wrote to James Lloyd in 1822:
Individual liberty is individual power, and as the
power of the community is a mass compounded of
individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most
freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its
numbers the most powerful nation.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!ames!ncar!noao!arizona!arizona.edu!cerritos.edu!wilbur!orville!ica!jeff From: jeff@ism.isc.com (Jeff Copeland) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: A Trial Balloon on Registered Keys Message-ID: <1992Oct30.155426.2137@ica.ivy.isc.com> Date: 30 Oct 92 15:54:26 GMT References: <1992Oct27.143737.1574@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> <1992Oct27.214344.25766@tessi.com> <1992Oct29.151126.22114@cs.ruu.nl> Sender: usenet@ica.ivy.isc.com (Ivy Usenet News) Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Santa Monica, CA Lines: 18