...Persuasion, perseverance, and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others. I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then,...in the political world as storms in the physical. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment...

...of monarchy, and it becomes nothing. Malo periculosam libertatem quam quictcm scmitutcm. Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy...thing, and as necessary in the political world as ^orms are in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on...

...of monarchy, and it becomes nothing. Malo pcriculosam libertatcm quam quittent scn'itutem. Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy...affairs. I hold it that a little rebellion, now and theii, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical. Unsuccessful...

...him to appreciate the real dangers of anarchy. When he heard of Shays' insurrection, he said: "I hold that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing,...in the political world as storms in the physical. Societies exist under three forms: without government, as among our Indians; under governments wherein...

...him to appreciate the real dangers of anarchy. When he heard of Shays' insurrection, he said: "I hold that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing,...in the political world as storms in the physical. Societies exist under three forms : without government, as among our Indians ; under governments wherein...

...of monarchy, and it becomes nothing. Malo periculosam libertotem quam quietam servitutem. Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy...that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, & as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions indeed generally...

...subject. But weigh this against the oppressions of monarchy, and it becomes nothing. . . . Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy...thing, and as necessary in the political world as the storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments...

...pp. 44, 71. One is from a letter which Jefferson wrote to Madison in 1787, in which he said: I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing and as necessary in the political world as a storm is in the physical An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so...

...its evils, too, the principal of which is the turbulence to which it is subject. . . . But even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy...of government, and nourishes a general attention to public affairs. I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing." Or to another correspondent:...

...part of his system which intimately concerns us. Writing to James Madison in 1787, Jefferson remarked: I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, & as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions indeed establish...