Most people want security in this world, not liberty. H. L. Mencken
My Take - That's why tyrants can so easily take power. Paraphrasing Machiavelli in The Prince, he notes that there are only two classes of people in the world. The privileged and the masses. The privileged only want to maintain their privileges, and the masses only want three hots and a cot, i.e. security in their homes and lives.
Unfortunately, if you give power to impose, you also give power to abuse.
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