The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
-- Thomas Jefferson
The people of Iran are presently making a down-payment on the price of Liberty. The cost is high, as we well know:
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.
-- Thomas Paine
Stout hearts, brothers. Though the road be long and hard, rest assured that there does not exist a cause more worth the fighting for. All the world is watching, we're all pulling for you, and we know you can do this. Keep the pressure on, make the fence-sitters come down and dance, and force the Army to choose.
Win or lose, this is your day. Don't waste it.
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