...bane of liberty." — Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, Annals of Congress at 750 (Aug 17, 1789) "And what country can preserve its liberties, if its...preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms * * *" — Thomas Jefferson "* * * the people have a right to keep and bear arms." — Patrick Henry...

...wrote: "God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion ... What country before, ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion?...its rulers are not warned from time to time, that the people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms" (Koch and Peden, 1944: 436). This...

...country can preserve it's [sic] 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 "Quotes from "Extract of a Letter to a Friend. Sept. 23. 1784." Leeds Mercury. Nov. 23. 1784: "To the...

...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...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...

...keeping. Then put everything back into the hands of the bureaucrats and went back about their business. 'And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time. . .' "Our boys in Washington aren't openly murdering citizens yet. But do we want to wait till it gets...

...smiled. "You are familiar with that one, aren't you?" Blanton said nothing. "Or how about this one: 'What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from "What is the point of all this, General?" "Very simple, Homer. Very basic. The Rebels are armed. We're...

...created. Overall. the analysis tends to confirm the eounterfactual hypothesis. What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion?...preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms ... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time...

...liberty would need to be repeated with some regularity. He wrote in a letter to Colonel Smith in 1787: What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers...preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. . . . What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from...

...rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half for each state. What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion?...preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from rime to rime that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. . . . What signify...

...ultimate Anti-Federalist, Thomas Jefferson: God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion . . . And what country can preserve its...spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. . . The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.147 How...