The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer by sacrificing some of our liberties. We did it during the McCarthy era out of fear of communism. Less liberty is regularly proposed as a solution to crime, to pornography, to illegal immigration, to abortion, to all kinds of threats.


You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (ed. Vintage, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307434753

Molly Ivins Quotes

The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer ...

The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer ...

The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer ...

The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer ...