Best Samuel Adams Sayings
- The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, Â are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown.… All
- Of how much importance is it, that the utmost pains be taken by the public to have the principles of virtue early inculcated on the… Alive
- Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to… Dare
- What a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent. Absolutely
- And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure religion of the… Ambition
- Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying… All
- 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… All
- I believe that no people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery but when they deserved it. Believe
- It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one… Apart
- The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a… Alienate
- It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue Cause
- We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak. Always Heard
- Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately made by the… Affirmed
- It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and… Any
- Just and true liberty, equal and impartial liberty, in matters spiritual and temporal is a thing that all men are clearly entitled to by the… All
- If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal… Affair
- If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such… Approbation
- In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties… Danger
- We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection Abandoned
- The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been for many years… Any
- It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and… Any
- What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious… Been
- If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation. Land
- Were the talents and virtues which heaven has bestowed on men given merely to make them more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed to the follies… All
- The next step may be fatal to us. Let us then act like wise men, calmly look around us and consider what is best to… Act