Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
'Revelation assures us that 'righteousness exalteth a nation.' Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of… — 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
If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties. — 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
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
Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. — 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 the right… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
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