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.
Howard was somewhat a visionary and he had the enginerring and finances to make it happen. Many similarities with Elon today, including the mistreatment.
Hey, the Rocketeer rocket pack! Nice design, Howard (at least in the movie).
ReplyDeleteThat was a criminally underrated movie, and I look forward to a remake when Disney gets desperate in strip-mining its' old IPs.
DeleteTruly art deco graphics.
ReplyDeleteWe were promised rocket packs and we got mobile phones.
ReplyDeleteHoward was somewhat a visionary and he had the enginerring and finances to make it happen. Many similarities with Elon today, including the mistreatment.
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