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.
"All you want to do is sit on the front porch and drink whiskey" - Thus spoke Woodrow F. Call to Augustus McRae.
ReplyDelete"Then pull this arrow outta my laig and pour me a drank!"
DeleteLoved the movie, but the book was terrific.
DeleteHey, it's a rotten job, but somebody's gotta do it.
DeleteDerringers are cool!
ReplyDeleteOld derringers like that one are iffy when used with modern ammunition...
ReplyDeleteLooks like .41 Remington rimfire. A weak round but effective at close range.
ReplyDeleteWhich is all it intended to be used for, not that 300 yard shot across the canyon.
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