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.
Wouldn't know if you just met him on the street he was a real tough guy. Never under estimate your opponent.
ReplyDeleteHe tells a funny story about one of the many times that he and Sean Connery got drunk together..
ReplyDeleteSeems that three ruffians were jawing at them trying to pick a fight.
The interviewer asks what happened, Caine said…
”Aw we took care of them and beat them up.”
Interviewer: “Did you get hurt?”….
Caine…”Naw…I didn’t do anything but hold Sean’s jacket while he bashed them about..”
From the movie Get Carter maybe? Pretty gritty and my favorite Michael Caine flick.
ReplyDeleteBetter than the movie of Kipling's classic, The Man Who Would Be King?
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