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The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants.
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants.
Approximate author period: c. 1798 AD · early modern
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- Bertrand Barere
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- Approximate author period: c. 1798 AD · early modern
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Bertrand Barere: recorded author lifetime 1755–1841. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/bertrand-barere (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is bertrand-barere; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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