"If our Trade be taxed, why not our……" — Samuel Adams
"If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation."
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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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More Land Quotes
This quote is filed under Land Quotes,
one of 3,805 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.
— Rudolf Arnheim
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and…
— Bashar al-Assad
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men…
— Chinua Achebe
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I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel…
— David Attenborough
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People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly…
— David Attenborough
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
— Chinua Achebe
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We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We…
— Abu Abbas
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I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy…
— Amitabh Bachchan
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
— Francis Bacon
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America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land.
— Philip James Bailey
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There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.
— Robert Ballard
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My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.
— Brigitte Bardot
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