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The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have receiv'd them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy Ancestors: They purchas'd them for us with toil and danger and expence of treasure and blood; and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. Of the latter we are in most danger at present: Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity; and resolve to maintain the rights bequeath'd to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. — Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance
~ 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. |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| It requires time to bring honest Men to think & determine alike even in important Matters. Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought. |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom — go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| If Virtue & Knowledge are diffus'd among the People, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great Security. |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its Ruin. |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak. |
| ~ Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ~ |
| How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions. |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
| Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. |
| ~ Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ~ |
| We are showing that planetary defense is a global endeavor, and it is very possible to save our planet. |
| ~ Bill Nelson ~ |
| Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw. |
| ~ Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ~ |
| Did the protection we received annul our rights as men, and lay us under an obligation of being miserable? Who among you, my countrymen, that is a father, would claim authority to make your child a slave because you had nourished him in infancy? |
| ~ Samuel Adams ~ |
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All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or religious, to leave the society they belong to, and enter into another. ~ Samuel Adams (born 27 September 1722)
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