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Samuel Adams quotes: If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation.

If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation.

Samuel Adams quotes: All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.

All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.

Samuel Adams quotes: [M]en will be free no longer then while they remain virtuous.

[M]en will be free no longer then while they remain virtuous.

Samuel Adams quotes: Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Samuel Adams quotes: We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

Samuel Adams quotes: I believe that no people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery but when they deserved it.

I believe that no people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery but when they deserved it.

Samuel Adams quotes: We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection

We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection

Samuel Adams quotes: We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak.

We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak.

Samuel Adams quotes: The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.

Samuel Adams quotes: If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.

If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.

Samuel Adams quotes: What a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent.

What a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent.

Samuel Adams quotes: Could I be assured that America would remain virtuous, I would venture to defy the utmost Efforts of Enemies to subjugate her.

Could I be assured that America would remain virtuous, I would venture to defy the utmost Efforts of Enemies to subjugate her.

Samuel Adams quotes: It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

Samuel Adams quotes: I cannot however help repeating Piety, because I think it indispensible. Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security.

I cannot however help repeating Piety, because I think it indispensible. Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security.

Samuel Adams quotes: Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.

Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.

Samuel Adams quotes: A nation of shopkeepers are very seldom so disinterested.

A nation of shopkeepers are very seldom so disinterested.

Samuel Adams quotes: What a glorious morning this is!

What a glorious morning this is!

Samuel Adams quotes: How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

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

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

Samuel Adams quotes: But there are some persons who wouldpersuade the people never to make use of their constitutional rights.

But there are some persons who wouldpersuade the people never to make use of their constitutional rights.

Samuel Adams quotes: Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Samuel Adams quotes: Give credit to whom credit due.

Give credit to whom credit due.

Samuel Adams quotes: Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.

Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.

Samuel Adams quotes: Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.

Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.

Samuel Adams quotes: Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.

Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.

Samuel Adams quotes: If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.

If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.

Samuel Adams quotes: It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue

Samuel Adams quotes: Let no man thirst for good beer.

Let no man thirst for good beer.

Samuel Adams quotes: I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.

I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.

Samuel Adams quotes: Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!

Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!

Samuel Adams quotes: It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Samuel Adams quotes: I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.

I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.

Samuel Adams quotes: The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

Samuel Adams quotes: The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.

The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.