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Douglas Perkins

Feb 6, 2021

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Revolution Vs Insurrection

Why we need one but not the other

What’s the difference? (Wikipedia and Reuters)

Rebellion?

Thomas Jefferson wrote,

“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.”

What did he mean by “rebellion”? Did he mean Revolution or Insurrection?

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