Friday, July 08, 2005

Jefferson and rebellion

Thomas Jefferson once wrote: "The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere." I wonder what he would have thought of the bombings in London or Madrid or Bali or ...

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