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 just read a little more about her. She’s quite the pistol. She would be an interesting character in a movie, perhaps historical docudrama. I think she does have a biography out there
Iran’s Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi once joke that he would not bother trying to implement laws for head coverings because he couldn't even get his wife to do it.
Apples don’t fall far…chip off the old block.
ReplyDeleteI just read a little more about her. She’s quite the pistol. She would be an interesting character in a movie, perhaps historical docudrama. I think she does have a biography out there
ReplyDeleteI did the index for the book, "The Golden Lad".
ReplyDeleteShe was considered a slut and an embarrassment to the family.
https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Lad-Haunting-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/1605989517
Of course.
DeleteAll those things were for spite, not pleasure.
Not many cars in 1902
ReplyDeleteA common issue.
ReplyDeleteIran’s Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi once joke that he would not bother trying to implement laws for head coverings because he couldn't even get his wife to do it.