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.
A samurai dies with dignity. For what is life to a samurai? Nothing at all.
ReplyDelete-James Clavell, Shogun
Too bad Clavell left out that one small detail of the Samurai being a pederastic society, buggering their young apprentices until they hit puberty.
DeleteWell WHO HASN'T?
DeleteHave the "Best Of Belushi" VCR, getting it loaded to USB. It has "Samurai Delicatessen" on it.
ReplyDeleteWe still have a stupid TV w/ the 3 plug ins. Love to re-watch immediately. Especially with Animal House.
He may be "old" but I bet that he shoots straight.
ReplyDelete"Beware the old man in a profession where men typically die young."
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