"The
tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure,” Jefferson wrote in a letter to William S. Smith, a diplomatic official in London, on November 13, 1787."
Has the time again come when the Unites States' tree of liberty is to be refreshed by patriots' blood?
The Jefferson quote was a favorite of conservatives on these message boards when Barack Obama became president elect.
Given the tyrannies being committed against the well being of average Americans by the current Republican government in their exclusive service to the top 0.1%, the shootings in Alexandria, Virginia could be the first spillage of tyrant and patriot blood.
Only time will tell.
U.S. congressman Steve Scalise shot in Virginia
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