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.
Friday, January 1, 2021
Mourning clothes worn by count Magnus Brahe at the funeral of king Karl XIV Johan of Sweden, 1844.
"After the funeral, he went hunting werewolves."
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I think we should all publicly wear swords and pistols all of the time everywhere we go.
ReplyDeleteLooks like some of the current anti-Covid dress I've seen lately.
ReplyDeleteKarl XIV Jóhann was formerly Napoleon’s Marshal Bernadotte, who married Napoleon’s first love, Desiree, later making her Queen of Sweden.
ReplyDeleteLuke, I am your Father.
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