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.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Portrait of Peter Fleming, British adventurer (and brother of Ian) 1934
Quite.
ReplyDeleteFire for Effect - the pipe that is.
ReplyDeleteThat should be Fleming, Peter Fleming.
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DeleteIan was MI-6.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great vocation/occupation; "Adventurer"
ReplyDeleteA monied occupation to be sure.
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