You are the ambassador, Thomas Jefferson,
from America?
I am.
I remember this of you: " The tree of liberty
must from time to time be refreshed with the
blood of patriots and tyrants."
Because you are a defender of liberty, tonight
you shall not join the natural manure you
have written about so eloquently.
Viva la revolution!
Viva la revolution.
Remember what my friend Tom Jefferson said,
"What country can preserve its liberties unless
its rulers are warned from time to time that
the people preserve the spirit of resistance."
Okay, break it up, George.
When the dust settles from this, there's gonna
be hell to pay in Moscow.
Perhaps. Maybe some good will come from it.
A little revolution now and then is a healthy
thing, don't you think?
Welcome to the New World, sir.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time with the blood of patriots and
tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.
"Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious,"
according to Oscar Wilde.
Thank you for making my point.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed with
the blood of patriots and tyrants."
As the great patriot Thomas Jefferson said,
"Bear in mind this sacred principle that,
though the will of the majority in all cases
is to prevail, that will, to be rightful,
must be reasonable. That the minority possesses
their equal rights, which equal laws must
protect, and to violate ..."
Okay, okay, all ready, Honest Abe!
As Jefferson said, "Sometimes the tree of
liberty must be watered with the blood of
the innocent." Look it up. So, ...
As Benjamin Franklin Jefferson Grover Washington,
Jr., once said, "The tree of liberty must
be watered periodically with the blood of
patriots." Now I don't know what that means,
but what I have learned is that the sexier
you are, the more freedom you deserve.
Thomas Jefferson once told us, having a revolution
every now and then is a good thing.
Like my brothers here on the wall, people
seem to forget that they started a revolution.
Thomas Jefferson called for a revolution every
ten years just to keep the government in line.
And sweet Georgie Washington, well, he grew
pot, your honor.
The judge refused to admit into evidence a
T-shirt McVeigh was wearing. On one side was
the picture of a tree, dripping in blood,
and the words, "The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time by the blood of
patriots and tyrants."
