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Us Quotes by Samuel Adams
- The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation.
- 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…
- In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their…
- 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 liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against…
- If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not…
- There are instances of, I would say, an almost astonishing Providence in our favor; our success has staggered our enemies, and almost given faith to…
More Us Quotes
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong