On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Just dozed off. While in that state I heard a wee voice utter "Off with
> their heads!" in French and a louder shout in english with a Shakesperian
> accent "Kill all the lawyers!". What a nightmare!

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and
as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments
on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation
of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in
their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It
is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/summer/letter.html

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