From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 21:41:48 -0800 (PST)
To: David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: concerning Ben Franklin
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David Farber allegedly said:
> 
> My favorate Ben Franklin quote is
> 
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
>  safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."       - Ben Franklin, ~1784

In the constitutional convention a property requirement for voting 
was discussed.  Franklin said "A man owns an ass; he can vote.  The 
ass dies; he cannot vote.  Who owns the vote?"  (I may not have 
quoted it precisely.)

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Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com,kc@llnl.gov		the thief he kindly spoke...
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