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A Little Rebellion Now And Then Is A Good Thing, And As Necessary In The Political World As Storms In The Physical.
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A little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the
political world as storms in the physical.
-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Madison, 1787
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