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.
Look how far we came in 100 years - and compare that to the previous 100 years.
ReplyDeleteThere have been setbacks, like the years of ObamaNation, but all in all, it's quite remarkable.