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.
Wonder what I was doing, 227 years ago
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ReplyDeleteAre the numbers for the years 1799 and 888? Can't help but wonder what it means.
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