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.
That's my daughter many years ago. I wasn't pleased at the short temper then but I'd give anything to be back there now.
ReplyDeletethis is how you teach a child about liberalism. if it is too hard to do, throw it down and walk away and let someone else fix it.
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