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.
You may be too old to recall that old Cold War era English tv show, "The Prisoner", where a British case officer was 'retired' to a confinement area and he never seemed to be able to escape. As I recall, he was #6.
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ReplyDeleteYou may be too old to recall that old Cold War era English tv show, "The Prisoner", where a British case officer was 'retired' to a confinement area and he never seemed to be able to escape. As I recall, he was #6.
ReplyDeleteWas that the one where a giant ball would chase him down the beach every time he tried to get away?
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