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.
"Relax, tovarich. Yu worry too much. If we scrimp on a few nails on the roof, who will be the wiser? We finish on time, save a few rubles, and get home earlier each day. What could be smarter and simpler?"
Ruski construction?
ReplyDeleteI saw that first hand during hurricane Hugo. But after the roof left the walls came down on us. I don't stay for hurricanes anymore.
ReplyDelete"Relax, tovarich. Yu worry too much. If we scrimp on a few nails on the roof, who will be the wiser? We finish on time, save a few rubles, and get home earlier each day. What could be smarter and simpler?"
ReplyDeleteWell, that's one way to clean out the attic!
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