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.
First taught to me as, sometimes you get the shark, sometimes shark get you.
ReplyDeleteI took it as, beware but carry on doing what you will.
(Don't let fear stop you.)
Life is like a shit sandwich; the more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat.
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