"And that the said Constitution be never construed……" — Samuel Adams
"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 to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies, unless necessary for the defense of the United States, or of some one or more of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of grievances; or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers or possessions."
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93 Quotes by Samuel Adams
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is…
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.
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The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.
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The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable…
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There never was a democracy that did not commit suicide.
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