Government Quotes by Samuel Adams

10 Government quotes by Samuel Adams

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Adams’ revolutionary fervor about the role of packed in this ten‑phrase selection, a quick primer on his advocacy for self‑rule.

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I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.

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If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand…

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[T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even government; all . . .…

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Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.

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Hence as a private man has a right to say what wages he will give in his private affairs, so has a…

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The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been…

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It bodes very ill for government when men are exalted to places of high trust through their own solicitations. He only fills…

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The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in…

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If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of…

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In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the…

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Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our…

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Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for…

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In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our…

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It behooves every American to encourage home manufactures, that our oppressors may feel through their pockets the effects of their blind folly.

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All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.

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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right…

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Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of…

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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.…

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It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean…

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Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the…

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If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.

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I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she…

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If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation.

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One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or the Continental…

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