Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Just and true liberty, equal and impartial liberty, in matters spiritual and temporal is a thing that all men are clearly entitled… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“[I]t is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or of any number of men, at the entering… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
It behooves every American to encourage home manufactures, that our oppressors may feel through their pockets the effects of their blind folly. — Samuel Adams Copy Share
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom. — Samuel Adams Copy Share
I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation. — Samuel Adams Copy Share
One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or the Continental… — Samuel Adams Copy Share
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