Comments on: Meet Us Under The Liberty Tree http://military.rightpundits.com/2008/11/21/meet-us-under-the-liberty-tree/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:18:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Justin http://military.rightpundits.com/2008/11/21/meet-us-under-the-liberty-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-139971 Justin Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:54:44 +0000 http://military.rightpundits.com/?p=3834#comment-139971 Beth: We have the rare opportunity to revive that spirit of our forefathers. It is unfortunate, but perhaps Jefferson was right when he stated rather poignantly that "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." -THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787.—The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 12, p. 356 (1955). Beth:

We have the rare opportunity to revive that spirit of our forefathers. It is unfortunate, but perhaps Jefferson was right when he stated rather poignantly that “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”

-THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787.—The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 12, p. 356 (1955).

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