--- title: "10 Long Quotes By Samuel Adams" description: "10 Long quotes by Samuel Adams. Plus more from Samuel Adams and more Long sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/samuel-adams-3491_character_liberty-will-not-long-survive-the-total_2810005.jpg" --- > [Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/liberty-will-not-long-survive-the-total-extinction-of-morals/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/samuel-adams-3491_character_liberty-will-not-long-survive-the-total_2810005.jpg) > ['But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/but-say-the-puling-pusillanimous-cowards-we-shall-be-subject-to-a/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/samuel-adams-3491_cowards_but-say-the-puling-pusillanimous-cowards_1792047.jpg) > [The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/the-diminution-of-public-virtue-is-usually-attended-with-that-of/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/samuel-adams-3491_character_the-diminution-of-public-virtue-is-usual_1516091.jpg) > [One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/samuel-adams-3491_argument_one-battle-would-do-more-towards-a-decla_445492.jpg) > [All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/all-men-have-a-right-to-remain-in-a-state-of-nature-as-long-as-they/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/samuel-adams-3491_cases_all-men-have-a-right-to-remain-in-a-stat_751595.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d8/samuel-adams-3491_country_i-thank-god-that-i-have-lived-to-see-my_314114.jpg) > [We may look up to Armies for Defence, but Virtue is our best Security. It is not possible that any state should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/we-may-look-up-to-armies-for-defence-but-virtue-is-our-best-security/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/samuel-adams-3491_army_we-may-look-up-to-armies-for-defence-but_656514.jpg) > ['Revelation assures us that 'righteousness exalteth a nation.' Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/revelation-assures-us-that-righteousness-exalteth-a-nation/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/samuel-adams-3491_character_revelation-assures-us-that-righteousness_2495215.jpg) > [The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/the-eyes-of-mankind-will-be-upon-you-to-see-whether-the-government/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/samuel-adams-3491_army_the-eyes-of-mankind-will-be-upon-you-to_2491293.jpg) > [Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/samuel-adams-3491_branches_among-the-natural-rights-of-the-colonist_181241.jpg) ## Other authors on Long ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long/samuel-adams/#itemlist", "name": "10 Long Quotes By Samuel Adams", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/liberty-will-not-long-survive-the-total-extinction-of-morals/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/samuel-adams-3491_character_liberty-will-not-long-survive-the-total_2810005.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/samuel-adams-3491_character_liberty-will-not-long-survive-the-total_2810005.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/samuel-adams-3491_character_liberty-will-not-long-survive-the-total_2810005.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.” — Samuel Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' 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