 | Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 526 pages
...degeneracy of government, and nourishes a general attention to the public affairs. I hold it, that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary...truth should render honest republican governors so rnild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary... | |
 | Cornelis Henri de Witt - 1862 - 496 pages
...his friends, ' we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.t ... 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 The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. . .... | |
 | Charles E. Grinnell - 1871 - 404 pages
...effects of Jefferson's theory of the desirability of a rebellion every twenty years, with the idea that a rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.2 The aristocratic tendencies of the first two Presidents 3 are divinely utilized in founding... | |
 | James Langdon Hill - 1878 - 56 pages
...effects of Jefferson's theory of the desirability of a rebellion every twenty years, with the idea that a rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary...in the political world as storms in the physical. 2 The aristocratic tendencies of the first two Presidents s are divinely utilized in founding the Fed1... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1887 - 560 pages
...that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. 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. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1898 - 156 pages
...patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others. 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. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment... | |
 | John Pancoast Gordy - 1900 - 634 pages
...appreciate the real dangers of anarchy. When he heard of Shays' insurrection, he said: "I hold that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary...in the political world as storms in the physical. Societies exist under three forms: without government, as among our Indians; under governments wherein... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 pages
...degeneracy of government, and nourishes a general attention to the public affairs, I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 pages
...degeneracy of government, and nourishes a general attention to the public affairs. I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as ^orms are in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on... | |
 | John Pancoast Gordy - 1903 - 616 pages
...appreciate the real dangers of anarchy. When he heard of Shays' insurrection, he said: "I hold that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary...in the political world as storms in the physical. Societies exist under three forms : without government, as among our Indians ; under governments wherein... | |
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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. 
