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Liberty is always dangerous – but it’s the safest thing we have.

– Bob Geldof That is pretty good; but liberty is not a thing. It might be better to say it is the safest choice we have.

July 13th, 2008 |

10 comments to Samizdata quote of the day

  • rantingkraut
    July 13, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Here is another one from David Davis (in a letter to the Economist, 28 July 2008):

    The government presents these issues as Faustian trade-offs between security and liberty. The reality is that draconian measures rarely make us safer and often jeopardise security. That is not a trade-off. It is a con, which is why we need an informed national debate that goes to the heart of our liberal democracy.

  • RAB
    July 13, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    I’m going to pay much more attention to RK in future,
    He appears to have a Tardis…

    Here is another one from David Davis (in a letter to the Economist, 28 July 2008):

  • rantingkraut
    July 13, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    🙂
    OK, make that 28 June. At least I learned a new word, if Tardis counts as such…

  • RAB
    July 13, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    Rk, you are obviously German,
    or you wouldn’t mention that.

    Dr Who may be the only communal culture that Britain has left!
    Ponder and shudder on that fact, friends.

    RK TARDIS=
    Time And Relative Density In Space.

    Complete Bollocks!
    But that’s the way the BBC built an empire in overseas sales!

    How is Faulty Towers selling round your parts by the way? 😉

  • Pa Annoyed
    July 13, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Time and relative dimension in space.

    But there isn’t a lot of sci fi that makes the attempt to be scientifically accurate.

  • RAB
    July 13, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Oops sorry pa!

    But you know how they keep changing the plot…

    Now then, back to, Dave and Bob’s Laugh In…

    Which way is dat freedom at again???

  • n005
    July 14, 2008 at 1:50 am

    The government presents these issues as Faustian trade-offs between security and liberty. The reality is that draconian measures rarely make us safer and often jeopardise security.

    If you think it’s bad being under attack from the bad guys, imagine how it is having both the bad guys and the “good guys” out to get you at the same time.

    Worth it? I daresay not.

  • hovis
    July 14, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    n005.. surely that is

    – imagine how it is having both the bad guys and the “bad guys” out to get you at the same time..

  • D.C.
    July 14, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    One man’s Liberty can be another man’s prison.

    Although I agree in the spread of Liberty throughout all countries, and societies, I agree that it is ‘always dangerous.’

    You can never take Liberty lightly. It must always been regarded with care, and treated with respect.

  • thefattomato
    July 15, 2008 at 12:44 am

    http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/favourite/harry_emerson_fosdick/liberty_is_always_dangerous_but_it_21447
    bob geldof is an egomaniac arse, and its obvious that is not his phrase.
    he would say liberty is always dangerous, so you support a bunch of lying popstars like me.

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