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.
Monday, September 25, 2023
Back when being an autocrat was seen as a positive.
Wow, you could buy 5 Model Ts for the price of one Olds in 1911.
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This reminds me of W.C. Fields playing the part of a millionaire running road hogs into the ditch.
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$3500 1911 is $108,545.00 in today's money.
ReplyDeletePrice of a horse was about $100 in 1911.
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