...of law prolific of party tyranny and injustice. Thomas Jefferson once said that a little revolution now and then is a good thing and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical world. For that statejnent he would undoubtedly be indicted by the Gentlemen of the...

...important here to quote these men in support of this question. For example: Thomas Jefferson : "I hold a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. . . . What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must...

...unless it is stamped with the approbation of those to whom it is addressed." Since the prorebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical"); Jefferson's letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816, in Paul L. Ford, ed., Writings...

...decision which directed him toward the "collar" (the Church) — see Herbert on vocation. 5 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.... It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. THOMAS JEFFERSON,...

...spirit. In a letter that he wrote to James Madison while he was American ambassador to France, he notes: "A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing,...and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical ... It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government" (Kock and Peden,...

...without it. "I hold . . . that a little rebellion now and then," Thomas Jefferson wrote James Madison, "is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical" (Bartlett 1986, 471). Conflict keeps governments strong. Elmer Davis spoke about conflict...

...a bad thing. Thomas Jefferson is well known for his comment (in a letter to James Madison in 1 787) that "a little rebellion, now and then, is a good...and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physicaL" The logic of anarchy is very simple: • Need for individual action • Choice of...

...ancients. Perhaps the most extreme version of Jefferson's thought were his 1787 suggestions in letters that "a little rebellion, now and then, is a good...and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical" and that the "tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood...

...turmoil in western Massachusetts. In a letter to James Madison in 1787, lefferson wrote, "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 ... It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." Thomas lefferson,...

...government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. 5025 1 hold it, s; and where the press is free, no one ever will. 5025 1 hold it, in the physical. 5026 The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies. 5027 Every man wishes...