--- title: "5 Natural rights Quotes By Samuel Adams" description: "5 Natural rights quotes by Samuel Adams. Plus more from Samuel Adams and more Natural rights sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/samuel-adams-3491_branches_among-the-natural-rights-of-the-colonist_181241.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) > [In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/in-short-it-is-the-greatest-absurdity-to-suppose-it-in-the-power-of/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/samuel-adams-3491_absurdity_in-short-it-is-the-greatest-absurdity-to_695664.jpg) > [ “\[I\]t is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or of any number of men, at the entering… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/i-t-is-the-greatest-absurdity-to-suppose-it-in-the-power-of-one-or-of/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/samuel-adams-3491_america_i-t-is-the-greatest-absurdity-to-suppose_814662.jpg) > [Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/man-s-rights-are-evident-branches-of-rather-than-deductions-from-the/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/samuel-adams-3491_branches_man-s-rights-are-evident-branches-of-rat_1795713.jpg) > [Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/among-the-natural-rights-of-the-colonists-are-these-first-a-right-to-3/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/samuel-adams-3491_best-man_among-the-natural-rights-of-the-colonist_2964914.jpg) ## Other authors on Natural rights - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/natural-rights/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-paine-90547.jpg) Thomas Paine 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/natural-rights/thomas-paine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lysander-spooner-62270.jpg) Lysander Spooner 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/natural-rights/lysander-spooner/) ## 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/natural-rights/samuel-adams/#itemlist", "name": "5 Natural rights Quotes By Samuel Adams", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can. 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