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, July 12, 2017
Prince Faisal, leader of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War One, and later King of Iraq.
Played by Alec Guinness in the movie Lawrence of Arabia. In Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. analyzed all the sheikh's sons in detail and concluded Feisal was the only one with real worth, more even than the sheikh.
Played by Alec Guinness in the movie Lawrence of Arabia. In Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. analyzed all the sheikh's sons in detail and concluded Feisal was the only one with real worth, more even than the sheikh.
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Delete"All men dream, but not equally." (TE Lawrence)
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