"THE PATRIOT" was a crock; nothing but a tissue of lie and pure fiction, which those who know no factual history took to be "real".
Schools used to teach about the great "SWAMP FOX"; Francis Marion. I guess they no longer do.
And as to that much over/misused Franklin quote, old Ben would never have made it through WW II and neither would America, had America followed that hackneyed position.
"And as to that much over/misused Franklin quote, old Ben would never have made it through WW II and neither would America, had America followed that hackneyed position."
Benjamin Franklin was a co-author of the Constituition of United States, and without him the U.S. would never have made it to WW II and neither would you. Then you wouldn't be able to enjoy gritching about Ben Franklin and his quotes you disagree with.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both".