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30 Days of the Founding Fathers – Day 26

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

 

My Take – Freedom means that people are going to do things that piss you off.  It’s the side effect of your freedom to do things that will piss others off.  But that is nothing compared to the problems inherent in a system that does not allow its members to do things that are controversial or annoying.  Being kept from saying what you want, believing what you want, or living your own life is much worse than having to deal with other people exercising their rights in a way that gets on your last nerve.

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  1. Roy's avatar

    Roy

     /  June 29, 2012

    I agree, and part of the problem in this country is that there too many people who get annoyed and then say “there ought to be a law!”

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