And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That damn near brought a tear to my eye.
ReplyDeleteAs old and crusty as I am, I'm not ashamed to say when he broke into a run at the end, my eyes did water up.
DeleteGood for him, and bravo to the instructor that helped him.
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