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.
Ha!... got it... funny. I would have gone with pounding a spike through yourself in a destructive bit of self-harm. But, I'm embarrassed to say, my 16 yo. self relates to yours...
With a capital 'f'!
ReplyDeleteApt metaphor for condition of man.
ReplyDeletemine does that.
ReplyDeleteSelf abuse.
ReplyDeleteShould have made it a cane or staff better yet..
ReplyDeleteI can only picture a screwdriver and a screw, clear message.
ReplyDeleteI tried that when I was 16. Hurt my back.
ReplyDeleteHa!... got it... funny.
DeleteI would have gone with pounding a spike through yourself in a destructive bit of self-harm.
But, I'm embarrassed to say, my 16 yo. self relates to yours...