[Newgy]

Thank you for your brave work on this issue, you are a true patriot.

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." -- Samuel Adams, Founding Father

[cafard]

Was the expression "brush fire" current in the late 1700s? In fact, the whole sentence looks a little questionable.

[dpcx]

Not really... http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=brush+fire&...

As well as http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams#Misattributed

[doug1001]

sure but this only applies to a citizen's inalienable right to make beer (and seasonal ales).