tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post582525368879693527..comments2024-03-28T22:56:40.743+08:00Comments on Tan Kin Lian's Blog: Mr. Brown and the electionTan Kin Lianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00617069056914635271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-45006153540124588452011-05-01T13:24:53.306+08:002011-05-01T13:24:53.306+08:00"If a nation values anything more than freedo..."If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; <br />and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." <br />-- Somerset Maugham <br /><br /><br />"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, <br />the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, <br />go home from us in peace. <br />We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. <br />Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; <br />and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." <br />-- Samuel Adams <br /><br /><br />"In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. <br />They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all <br />-- security, comfort, and freedom. <br />When ... the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free." <br />-- Sir Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)<br /><br />Source:<br />http://freedomkeys.com/vigil.htmSingapore's 5 Minute Investment Diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643736619481219029noreply@blogger.com