I agree with you. It's still a good quote for the exact same reason both of you are quoting it. It is true for States and for individuals. You shouldn't give up your long term, established, and customary rights or privileges for a little bit of short term gain in security. This is true for X where X is an entity with rights and privileges. A state giving up it's rights to an individual, or another state; or an individual giving up their rights to another individual, or state.