would you give up your liberty for freedom?

Answer 1

arent those the exact same thing?

did you mean 'liberty for security'?

Answer 2

Would I give up my freedom for freedom....
Hmm

Depends....is freedom 2 somehow better than freedom 1?

Answer 3

ummm.... no

lib·er·ty [lib-er-tee]
–noun, plural -ties. 1.freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
2.freedom from external or foreign rule; independence.
3.freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking, speaking, etc., according to choice.
4.freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint: The prisoner soon regained his liberty.
5.permission granted to a sailor, esp. in the navy, to go ashore.
6.freedom or right to frequent or use a place: The visitors were given the liberty of the city.
7.unwarranted or impertinent freedom in action or speech, or a form or instance of it: to take liberties.
8.a female figure personifying freedom from despotism.

free·dom [free-duhm]
–noun 1.the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
2.exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
3.the power to determine action without restraint.
4.political or national independence.
5.personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom.
6.exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually fol. by from): freedom from fear.
7.the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.
8.ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.
9.frankness of manner or speech.
10.general exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation.
11.the absence of ceremony or reserve.
12.a liberty taken.
13.a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation: freedom to levy taxes.
14.civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
15.the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
16.the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will: to have the freedom of a friend's library.
17.Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination. Compare necessity (def. 7).


and to that I will only add:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759 (Franklin B. Historical Review of Pennsylvania. 1759)