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From monticello.org. From Jefferson's Tree of Liberty letter, 1787.
"And can history produce an instance of a rebellion so honourably conducted? I say nothing of it’s motives. They were founded in ignorance, not wickedness. God forbid we should ever be 20. years without such a rebellion.[1] The people can not be all, and always, well info…
From Monticello.org. From Jefferson's Tree of Liberty letter, 1787.
"And can history produce an instance of a rebellion so honourably conducted? I say nothing of it’s motives. They were founded in ignorance, not wickedness. God forbid we should ever be 20. years without such a rebellion.[1] The people can not be all, and always, well informed. .....
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure."
-footnote states this may have been misquoted to say every generation.