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People Quotes by Samuel Adams
- The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own…
- And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or…
- If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.
- [N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- I believe that no people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery but when they deserved it.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control ... The…
- No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when…
- A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the…
- It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
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