About Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. He founded the Sons of Liberty.
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![“I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.” quote by Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/802/samuel-adams-3491_bible_i-rely-upon-the-merits-of-jesus-christ-f_2663645.jpg)
![“[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” quote by Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9d7/samuel-adams-3491_constitution_n-either-the-wisest-constitution-nor-the_3041901.jpg)
![“[I]t is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or of any number of men, at the entering into society to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights, when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the…” quote by Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/74e/samuel-adams-3491_america_i-t-is-the-greatest-absurdity-to-suppose_814662.jpg)
