Thursday, September 27, 2007

Quote of the Week

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." -- Samuel Adams

From what I understand, only about one out of ten of the early European colonists wanted to overthrow Great Britain and establish the United States. Which means that the vast majority (90%) of the population were just fine with the way things were. Whatever you think of the revolutionaries' motives (such as wanting to be The Power instead of cow-tow to it); whatever you think of their hypocrisy (such as keeping slaves and having sex with them while talking and writing about "freedom"); whatever you think of their practices (such as shooting uniformed soldiers in the back from behind trees), they were ultimately successful in casting Great Britain adrift. While it's true that they had MASSIVE help from Poland and France, among others, they did not have the internet...
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:15 AM

    Thanks. I needed these quotes. The fighting has been wearing me down a bit lately. ...especially with the Jema media machine doing a lot of spin jobs this week after ignoring the story the last 9 months.

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  2. billie8:36 PM

    touche` :) very nice.

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  3. Chuck9:53 PM

    Hello there. I found you by way of Betmo. If it wasn't for the networking, I never would have. Thank gooness for that. Nice blog! :)

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  4. changeseeker9:30 AM

    Glad to help, modi. You know we can talk whenever you need to. It is wearing at times (most of the time?)

    Greetings, betmo! Nice to "see" you here. And yes. I thought twice about this one. But then I did it anyway. ;^)

    Welcome, Chuck. Glad you liked it. Come back by anytime.

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