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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

(1722 – 1803) Governor of Massachusetts, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution.

While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.

By Samuel Adams | Quotation Details

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

By Samuel Adams | Quotation Details

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

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I . . . recommend my Soul to that Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.

By Samuel Adams | Quotation Details

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