"If ever a time should come, when vain……" — Samuel Adams
"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
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93 Quotes by Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams has 93 quotes on this site.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom…
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Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an…
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How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
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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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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard…
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to…
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
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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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The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
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In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted…
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Most aspiring child actors or child stars have a passion for it. But as easy as it is for me…
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make…
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Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get…
— Sri Chinmoy
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Snobbery, being an aspiring failing, is sometimes the prophecy of better things.
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There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the…
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When we meditate we expand, spreading our wings like a bird, trying to enter consciously into Infinity, Eternity and Immortality,…
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We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls…
— Hassan al-Banna
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Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to…
— Jacques Barzun
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There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion…
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