"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves……" — Samuel Adams
"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty."
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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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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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Let no man thirst for good beer.
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More Asylum Quotes
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one of 119 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know…
— Antonin Artaud
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and…
— Michael Caine
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part…
— George Washington
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The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty.
— Thomas Paine
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This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of…
— Thomas Paine
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The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to…
— Ed Koch
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Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful.…
— Charles Schumer
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This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of…
— William Wells Brown
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I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum
— George Bernard Shaw
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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of…
— Samuel Adams
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We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but…
— Swami Vivekananda
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