{"id":13438,"date":"2022-04-19T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=13438"},"modified":"2022-05-17T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T20:34:10","slug":"13438","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/19\/13438\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chaos of Freedom is Far Better Than the Tranquility of Oppression."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jefferson-Liberty.jpg?resize=595%2C595&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jefferson-Liberty.jpg?resize=595%2C595&amp;ssl=1 595w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jefferson-Liberty.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jefferson-Liberty.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jefferson-Liberty.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jefferson-Liberty.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The past few days have been testament to Murphy\u2019s Law\u2026 whatever could go wrong did. Repeatedly. I won\u2019t bore you with details&#8230; thankfully it wasn\u2019t anything serious just a cascade of small failures that created big headaches. In strange way the last few days have been a metaphor for liberty. Life in a free society is often chaotic, messy &amp; stressful. Which brings us too today\u2019s collection of quotes from our founding fathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first from Thomas Jefferson \u201cI would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it\u201d is a reminder despite the chaos of freedom it is far better than the tranquility of oppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second from Benjamin Franklin &#8220;Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety&#8221; reminds us that trading away liberty for the illusion of safety usually ends with us having neither.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And lastly John Adams \u201cLiberty once lost is lost forever\u201d reminds that once we surrender our liberties, we\u2019re not going to them back. Think about how zealously public officials have held on to, and wielded, their \u201cemergency powers\u201d for past two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past few days have been testament to Murphy\u2019s Law\u2026 whatever could go wrong did. Repeatedly. I won\u2019t bore you with details&#8230; thankfully it wasn\u2019t anything serious just a cascade of small failures that created big headaches. In strange way the last few days have been a metaphor for liberty. Life in a free society [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,1390],"tags":[1398,1399,522,1397],"class_list":["post-13438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-culture","category-history","tag-benjamin-franklin","tag-john-adams","tag-liberty","tag-thomas-jefferson","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sfpI7-13438","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2621,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/18\/congressman-eric-massa-i-will-vote-against-the-interests-of-my-district\/","url_meta":{"origin":13438,"position":0},"title":"Congressman Eric Massa: I Will Vote Against the Interests of My District","author":"Jeff","date":"August 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. Tom Coburn is right, American's have lost faith in their government and I can't think of a better example of why than the attitude displayed by Congressman Eric Massa of New York. Rep. Massa met with an intimate group of Netroots activists during their annual Netroots Nation gathering in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13446,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/21\/freedom-of-speech-is-one-of-our-most-basic-liberties\/","url_meta":{"origin":13438,"position":1},"title":"Freedom of Speech Is One of Our Most Basic Liberties","author":"Jeff","date":"April 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Freedom of speech is one of our most basic of all liberties. The right to speak openly and honestly about the issues of the day is paramount to the functioning of our republic. It\u2019s also the first right that tyrants attack and try to curtail. In recent weeks we\u2019ve seen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Frederick-Douglas-Liberty.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Frederick-Douglas-Liberty.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Frederick-Douglas-Liberty.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Frederick-Douglas-Liberty.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Frederick-Douglas-Liberty.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13403,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/20\/liberty-morality-go-hand-in-hand\/","url_meta":{"origin":13438,"position":2},"title":"Liberty &#038; Morality Go Hand in Hand","author":"Jeff","date":"March 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s a quiet Sunday Afternoon so I thought I\u2019d share one of my favorite quotes with you all: \"Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Greeley-Liberty-Faith.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Greeley-Liberty-Faith.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Greeley-Liberty-Faith.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Greeley-Liberty-Faith.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Greeley-Liberty-Faith.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1837,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/27\/reminder-stamford-tea-party\/","url_meta":{"origin":13438,"position":3},"title":"Reminder: Stamford Tea Party","author":"Jeff","date":"March 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.\" -Thomas Jefferson Unfortunately, I can't make it but if you can join party and make your voice heard: Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009 Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"800px-naval_jack_of_the_united_statessvg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/800px-naval_jack_of_the_united_statessvg-300x157.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16976,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/02\/happy-independence-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":13438,"position":4},"title":"Happy Independence Day","author":"Jeff","date":"July 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"On July 2, 1776, the American colonies formally declared their independence from Great Britain. The Resolution of Independence had been proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia in June. 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