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May Quotes by 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 latter.…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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!
- 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…
- What a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched…
- If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We…
- The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty....The rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading, and carefully studying…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong