"The Constitution shall never be construed . .……" — Samuel Adams
"The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
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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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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 Arms Quotes
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one of 3,936 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
— Aristotle
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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each…
— Rudolf Arnheim
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I…
— Tyra Banks
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These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a…
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the…
— Bob Barr
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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
— John Barrymore
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A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing…
— Clara Barton
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The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human…
— Charles Baudelaire
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For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse…
— Daniel Berrigan
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