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.
But for that, consider. Men like him had two choices and only two choices. They did not care at all for the immediate effect. Will my people live or die. Dying was really the only option. Good men hoped for the best and dreaded the worst.
Sometimes, you have to use the perspective available and not 20/20 hindsight.
He looks like a traitor to me. Look at the fancy white man's clothes and those friendship medals.
ReplyDeleteI thought that too... and a fake hawk...
DeleteDitto.
DeleteBut for that, consider. Men like him had two choices and only two choices. They did not care at all for the immediate effect. Will my people live or die. Dying was really the only option. Good men hoped for the best and dreaded the worst.
Sometimes, you have to use the perspective available and not 20/20 hindsight.