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.
kamikaze from the 100th floor...
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Had a classmate right out of high school do that at Lake Grapevine. Buried his head in the mud and broke his neck. He didn't make it to 19 years old.
ReplyDeleteThat's what they mean by "look before you leap."
DeleteCan you remember his name?
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