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.
Whenever I see an ancient Medieval walled town, I think about how BAD the "good old days" must have been.
ReplyDeleteThe way things are going in Europe walled cities might come back into fashion.
DeleteI'll bet walls around the place in town...
DeleteNeeds a 100 foot wide x 20 foot deep moat filled with crocs and fresh water sharks and piranhas and moccasins, then it would be a worthy compound.
ReplyDeleteThe moat is still there...
DeleteBetter like your neighbors.
ReplyDeleteHey, where's Ezio Auditore da Firenze?
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