"[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws……" — Samuel Adams
"[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt."
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Samuel Adams
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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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