“How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!”
-Samuel Adams

“If ever the 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.”
-Samuel Adams

“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.”
-Samuel Adams

“Among the natural rights of the Colonists are these: First, a right to life; Secondly, to liberty; Thirdly, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can. These are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.”
-Samuel Adams

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom … go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels nor arms. May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
-Samuel Adams

Quote of the Day

“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

Quote of the Day

“That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms…”
-Samuel Adams