Heads turn,
Famous Quotes are said,
All because of Shays' Rebellion
Thomas Jefferson quotes:
“A little rebellion is a good thing once in a while”.
“ The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable
on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept
alive. It will be often exercised when wrong but better
so than not to be exercised at all”.
General George Washington quotes:
“Let us have a government by which our lives,
liberties and properties will be secured;
or let us know the worst at once”.
George Washington was no less disappointed
on the learning of Shays' Rebellion. He quotes:
“I am beyond expression”…
John Jay quotes:
“Our affairs seem to lead to some crisis , some
revolution 
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something I cannot foresee or conjecture”.
"I am uneasy and apprehensive, more so than during war".
The History of the Hampshire Gazette
