Best Samuel Adams Quotes
- [N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. Constitution
- Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for… Accountable
- In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practiced, and… Age
- Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness. Foundation
- What a glorious morning this is! American Revolution
- Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may… All
- Let us consider, brethren, we are struggling for our best birthrights and inheritance, which being infringed, renders all our blessings precarious in their enjoyments, and,… All
- I cannot however help repeating Piety, because I think it indispensible. Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security. Best
- We may look up to Armies for Defence, but Virtue is our best Security. It is not possible that any state should long remain free,… Any
- Hence as a private man has a right to say what wages he will give in his private affairs, so has a Community to determine… Administration
- The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men. Character
- [T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even government; all . . . are essential to… All
- Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that have… Been
- All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or… All
- Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen! Chains
- He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all... Our forefathers opened the Bible to all. All
- Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating… Age
- Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals. Extinction
- The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then shall we both… Abject
- I would advise persisting in our struggle for liberty, though it were revealed from Heaven that nine hundred and ninety-nine men were to perish, and… Advise
- In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society,… Absurdity
- Could I be assured that America would remain virtuous, I would venture to defy the utmost Efforts of Enemies to subjugate her. America
- If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects… Character
- And if a minister shall usurp the supreme and absolute govern ment of America, and set up his instructions as laws in the colonies, and… Absolute
- Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an… Aught