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.
Reminds me of when I use to carry my 13 foot Grumman Aluminum canoe atop of my yellow 1972 VW Beetle. Longer than the car but I sailed down Rte-80 at 55 mph. (The legal limit in the mid 70's)
Reminds me of when I use to carry my 13 foot Grumman Aluminum canoe atop of my yellow 1972 VW Beetle. Longer than the car but I sailed down Rte-80 at 55 mph. (The legal limit in the mid 70's)
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