Who said this?

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing."

and "God forbid that we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion....The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

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Jefferson to Madison. Click here

You got it, Mozart! The second quotation is from a different letter about Shay's rebellion.

Personally, I thought this was a pretty surprising quotation. Apparently Jefferson felt that a little blood spilt now and then is good for a country. I'm not sure how I feel about that... I wonder what Jefferson would have thought about Oklahoma city?