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If libraries didn't exist, and someone tried to invent them, I am confident that conservatives would fight them tooth and nail with a thousand bad reasons.
You say this like they aren't doing it already, filing complaints against hundreds of books at a time that none of them have read
Just mention that Benjamin Franklin invented libraries, and they might shut up.
Ha! That communist?! /s
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
One of the favorite and often mis-quoted lines for right-wingers. The context here is kind of funny, since it's basically pro-taxation.
I do like misquoting it though to promote privacy, but that has nothing to do with the actual context of the quote.