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Whoops, I missed the line at the bottom of that page which says that this quote has not been found in any of Jefferson's writings. They should really make it m
by notdrunkatall 14y ago
Whoops, I missed the line at the bottom of that page which says that this quote has not been found in any of Jefferson's writings. They should really make it more prominent.
How about a substitute?
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."
And:
"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave."
- Anechoic 14y agoAnd yet another Jefferson quote: "Happy for us, that when we find our constitutions defective and insufficient to secure the happiness of our people, we can assemble with all the coolness of philosophers and set it to rights, while every other nation on earth must have recourse to arms to amend or to restore their constitutions."
- notdrunkatall 14y agoObviously armed resistance should never be one's first course of action, but the ability to revolt is an option that should neither be taken lightly nor easily forfeited.
- bmelton 14y agoI should note that while the right to repeal the second amendment is one available to Congress and the President, they do not have the right to just trample its provisions because they aren't able to get a quorum on repeal.
- Anechoic 14y agoIt's fine to note that but I have no idea what that has to do with anything I wrote.