These are Latin words from Seneca, later exported to Rousseau and then most importantly to U.S., Thomas Jefferson.
Translated to English, they mean I will take even feeble liberty over servitude. Did President Jefferson portend our wannabe dictator Trump’s rule or what?
I think about Jefferson only in the context of President Lincoln, who had no primary education, aside from Euclid by tallow candle.
It’s remarkable how they line up, Jefferson and Lincoln. Both came from little and yet they accomplished so much. Both appreciated science as much as liberty and politics.
We have so many great examples to get us through our government’s most perilous hour. This Christmas every time someone mentions dump king Trump I am going to leave the room and go read some true American wordsmiths.
Do not lose courage, hope, or faith lest you fall asleep a free person and wake up a slave.