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.
I enjoy reading Krakauer outdoors stuff. Into the Wild and Into Thin Air are my favorites.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely agree, both of these are outstanding books.
DeleteI do not know that author. Did he also write "Eiger Sanction"?
ReplyDeleteRobert Ludlum was the author of The Eiger Sanction
DeleteExcellent author and a climber too.
ReplyDeleteThat's an excellent read.
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