Introduction	Ideas are more dangerous than people. We are merely the vector for ideas that persist long after we, the messengers have been snuffed out. My message is as old as humanity. It comes from an idea, called freedom. People have fought for it; some have given their lives so that others could have it. Others have traded it for a sense that they would be protected from alleged dangers from without. The price of liberty is safety. I am not the first messenger to say this. And I won't be the last . . .

Introduction

Ideas are more dangerous than people. We are merely the vector for ideas that persist long after we, the messengers have been snuffed out. My message is as old as humanity. It comes from an idea, called freedom. People have fought for it; some have given their lives so that others could have it. Others have traded it for a sense that they would be protected from alleged dangers from without. The price of liberty is safety. I am not the first messenger to say this. And I won't be the last . . .