I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.


Letter to James Madison (30 January 1787); referring to Shays' Rebellion Lipscomb & Bergh ed. 6:65

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.