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.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Russian Imperial Bodyguard, 1861, apparently trying to shoot each other - Black Sea Cossacks (on the left) and Circassians (on the right), Artist: A. Gebens
Cossacks chewed Bonapart's infantry piece by piece, shredded them to starving tatters, along with anyone else stupid enough to mess with those guys. The Nazi's learned that lesson.
I like the ones calmly watching it all.
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ReplyDeleteCossacks chewed Bonapart's infantry piece by piece, shredded them to starving tatters, along with anyone else stupid enough to mess with those guys. The Nazi's learned that lesson.
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