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.
fire way too big.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the old Indian saying, “white man build big fire stand way back, Indian build small fire stay warm.”
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought when I saw the picture too!
DeleteThe way I heard it was: " White man build big fire, stay warm running around gathering wood; Indian build small fire, stay warm sitting next to it. "
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