IR Quote's (Ben Franklin)




They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
(Benjamin Franklin)
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania.
This was written by Franklin, within quotation marks but is generally accept as his original thought, sometime shortly before February 17, 1775 as part of his notes for a proposition at the Pennsylvania Assembly, as published in Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin (1818). A variant of this was published as: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. This was used as a motto on the title page of An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania. (1759); the book was published by Franklin; its author was Richard Jackson, but Franklin did claim responsibility for some small excerpts that were used in it.
The writer believe that this quotation can make Indonesia to be a better country. Why, because in Indonesia now many people are willing to give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. For example now people are willing to give some money to some broker to make things easier for them. Although the meaning  between the quote is little different with this case. But we can interpret the liberty here as the liberty from corruption, collusion, and nepotism (Korupsi, Kolusi, dan Nepotisme). And safety here can be interpret as peaceful life.  People who help corruption are neither deserve to obtain easy and peaceful life. So if this quote implemented in Indonesia thoroughly and completely, the writer believe Indonesian people can get rid corruption, collusion, and nepotism and make Indonesia to be a better country
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