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.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
An interesting comparison between how the issues of freedom vs. tyranny were handled mid 1800's, and an insight as to how our current similar conflicts might turn out.
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