When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ... God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such 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.