- “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
Samuel Adams
“We are not what we ought to be, we are not what we want to be, we are not what we shall […]
“If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it […]
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. […]
“As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces […]