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.
Must have just chopped the head off some unfortunate king in a battle.
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ReplyDeleteI hope they had WD-40 back then, and living close to Salt Water would be an issue.
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