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.
Polikarpov
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Polikarpov I-16
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George
Well, that certainly was at the tip of my tongue: Polikarpov! Thanks for the link!
DeleteA manly one....
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Manly indeed, considering one of their combat tactics was to chew away at enemy bomber control surfaces with their propeller.
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