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.
My four younger brothers got skates, play guns, bikes, skis, etc ... along with the mandatory pjs... back in the mid 50's.... but the guns were not so elaborate!
The american communists would say: "You'll shoot everyone's eyes out."
ReplyDeleteMy four younger brothers got skates, play guns, bikes, skis, etc ... along with the mandatory pjs... back in the mid 50's.... but the guns were not so elaborate!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite toy gun about 1964 was an M-14.
ReplyDeleteYup, TwoDogs. That was about when we surveyed our M1 Garands for the '14s. I spent half a day swabin' cosmoline off the dang piece.
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