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> [If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-we-suffer-tamely-a-lawless-attack-upon-our-liberty-we-encourage-it/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-the-public-are-bound-to-yield-obedience-to-laws-to-which-they/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-virtue-knowledge-are-diffused-among-the-people-they-will-never-be/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/the-sum-of-all-is-if-we-would-most-truly-enjoy-this-gift-of-heaven/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/i-thank-god-that-i-have-lived-to-see-my-country-independent-and-free/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-our-trade-be-taxed-why-not-our-lands-or-produce-in-short/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-taxes-are-laid-upon-us-without-our-having-a-legal-representation/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/the-sum-of-all-is-if-we-would-most-truly-enjoy-the-gift-of-heaven-let/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-men-through-fear-fraud-or-mistake-should-in-terms-renounce-or-give/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/it-is-not-unfrequent-to-hear-men-declaim-loudly-upon-liberty-who-if/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [No people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery, but when they deserv'd it. ...The truth is, all might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/no-people-ever-yet-groaned-under-the-heavy-yoke-of-slavery-but-when/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/in-the-midst-of-these-pleasing-ideas-we-should-be-unfaithful-to/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/and-if-we-now-cast-our-eyes-over-the-nations-of-the-earth-we-shall/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/let-us-contemplate-our-forefathers-and-posterity-and-resolve-to-2/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [And if a minister shall usurp the supreme and absolute govern ment of America, and set up his instructions as laws in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/and-if-a-minister-shall-usurp-the-supreme-and-absolute-govern-ment-of/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-men-of-wisdom-and-knowledge-of-moderation-and-temperance-of/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Samuel Adams

> [Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/every-one-knows-that-the-exercise-of-military-power-is-forever/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/crouch-down-and-lick-the-hands-which-feed-you-may-your-chains-sit/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/our-contest-is-not-only-whether-we-ourselves-shall-be-free-but/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/in-the-midst-of-these-pleasing-ideas-we-should-be-unfaithful-to/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [It behooves every American to encourage home manufactures, that our oppressors may feel through their pockets the effects of their blind folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/it-behooves-every-american-to-encourage-home-manufactures-that-our/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/all-might-be-free-if-they-valued-freedom-and-defended-it-as-they/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/among-the-natural-rights-of-the-colonists-are-these-first-a-right-to/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/nil-desperandum-never-despair-that-is-a-motto-for-you-and-me-all-are/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-ye-love-wealth-better-than-liberty-the-tranquility-of-servitude/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/it-is-not-unfrequent-to-hear-men-declaim-loudly-upon-liberty-who-if/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/let-us-contemplate-our-forefathers-and-posterity-and-resolve-to/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-we-suffer-tamely-a-lawless-attack-upon-our-liberty-we-encourage-it/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/i-thank-god-that-i-have-lived-to-see-my-country-independent-and-free/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/if-our-trade-be-taxed-why-not-our-lands-or-produce-in-short/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or the Continental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/one-battle-would-do-more-towards-a-declaration-of-independence-than-a/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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