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"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" Hopefully we'll be able to do this in a less-than-literal fash

• dllthomas 12y ago
  "The people can not be all, and 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. [...] Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them."