The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom. Pollak Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. That is why most men dread it. The ultimate security is your understanding of reality. It is when we all play safe that we create a world of the utmost insecurity. The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it.