A true patriot.

[Rosemary2205]

I have never done this before but IMHO this deserves it's own thread. It's a post by TechBear_Seattle buried in this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=558158&mesg_id=558274



In the words of a great American patriot:


God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. We have had 13. states independent 11. years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century & a half for each state. What country before ever existed a century & half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it's 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 & 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 & tyrants. It is it's natural manure.


Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William S. Smith Paris, Nov. 13, 1787

[TwilightGardener]

1. Very timely. We've shed the blood of enough of our patriots, now I want

the blood of the tyrants.

[bryant69]

2. I'm not a fan of that quote

Maybe because I'm not fond of using blood of people who disagree with me or people who agree with me as fertilizer. And much of the time, it seems like that's the implications of the quote and the people who quote it.

But reasonable people can disagree.

Bryant
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