https://www.shawnconn.com/authors/letter-to-william-stevens-smith-november-13-1787 en https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/rebellion <article role="article" class="quote teaser clearfix"><h2> <a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/rebellion" rel="bookmark"><span>Rebellion</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/rebellion" rel="tag" title="Rebellion" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Rebellion</span></a></li></ul><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>What country before ever existed a century & half without a rebellion? & 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 & 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 its natural manure.</p></div> </div> </article> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:12:54 +0000 Shawn Conn 32 at https://www.shawnconn.com