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.
Damned right, beware of me.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was of you, LL.
DeleteOld Alaskan bush pilots are the ones you want to fly with.
DeleteOne of the drawbacks is that almost all my running buddies from my youth are now 6 feet under.
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