There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach. Samuel Adams More Quotes by Samuel Adams More Quotes From Samuel Adams The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Samuel Adams deliberationfortitudeperseverance The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better. Samuel Adams religiousgodbible 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 takengivingmen 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 security-and-freedomgunhands In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections. Samuel Adams independentsightideas If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of Almighty God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave. Samuel Adams giving-upmistakemen In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practiced, and both by precept and example inculcated on mankind. Samuel Adams atheismagemind Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty! Samuel Adams libertytroublemen It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor. Samuel Adams thanksgivinggratefulreligious The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave. Samuel Adams slavefreedommen Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity... and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system. Samuel Adams girlchristianmen Hence as a private man has a right to say what wages he will give in his private affairs, so has a Community to determine what they will give and grant of their substance for the Administration of public affairs. Samuel Adams communitygivingmen A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. 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. Samuel Adams patrioticamericapeople We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. Mankind are governed more by their feeling than by reason. Events which excite those feelings will produce wonderful effects. Samuel Adams eventsbusinessfeelings We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. Samuel Adams rebelliouseventsliberty Is it not High Time for the People of this Country explicitly to declare, whether they will be Freemen or Slaves? It is an important Question which ought to be decided. It concerns us more than any Thing in this Life. The Salvation of our Souls is interested in the Event: For wherever Tyranny is establish'd, Immorality of every Kind comes in like a Torrent. It is in the Interest of Tyrants to reduce the People to Ignorance and Vice. Samuel Adams ignorancemencountry But there are some persons who wouldpersuade the people never to make use of their constitutional rights. Samuel Adams userightspeople 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 why-notproduceland No people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery, but when they deserv'd it. ...The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought. ...If therefore a people will not be free; if they have not virtue enough to maintain their liberty against a presumptuous invader, they deserve no pity, and are to be treated with contempt and ignominy. Samuel Adams yokelibertypeople [T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even government; all . . . are essential to the well-being of a family. Samuel Adams essentialsfamilygovernment
