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.
I tried to sell the wife on that idea once: House in Tasmania, keep the one here in California, never see winter again. She did not think we needed to fly that much.
By the way, Tasmania has some really nice little bungalows for sale, if you don't mind living on the bottom of the world.
You could live in the northern hemisphere in the summer and the southern hemisphere in the "winter". They're big enough to make for a fine home.
ReplyDeleteI tried to sell the wife on that idea once: House in Tasmania, keep the one here in California, never see winter again. She did not think we needed to fly that much.
DeleteBy the way, Tasmania has some really nice little bungalows for sale, if you don't mind living on the bottom of the world.