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.
We take these monuments to human will and organization for granted.
ReplyDeleteHow could they do it without ObamaPhones and food stamps?
DeleteThe fear of displeasing the Pharaoh and what that would mean was, I'm sure, a great motivator.
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