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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!


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If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.



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.



It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.



Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.



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.



A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.



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.



Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.



Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.



A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.





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