WE OWE OUR UNCEASING GRATITUDE
TO THE SUPREME RULER OF THE UNIVERSE,
WHO SAFELY CARRIED US THROUGH
OUR ARDUOUS STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
1795
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For true Patriots, to be silent, is dangerous.
There is nothing so fretting & vexatious,
nothing so justly terrible to tyrants
& their tools & abettors,
as a FREE PRESS.
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We have appealed to Heaven for the justice of our cause
& in Heaven we have placed our trust.
We shall never be abandoned by Heaven
while we act worthy of it's aid & protection.
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,
and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man,
but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
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 liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution,
are worth defending against all hazards:
And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
The Constitution shall never be construed...
to prevent the people of the United States
who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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.
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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.
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What has commonly been called rebellion
has more often been nothing but a manly & glorious struggle
in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings & princes.
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 or arms.
Crouch down & lick the hands which feed you,
& may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
(speech at State House in Philadelphia, August 1, 1776)
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"Truly
the Man of the Revolution,
for depth of purpose,
zeal & sagacity,
no man in Congress exceeded,
if any equaled,
Sam Adams"
Thomas Jefferson
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"I pity Mr. Sam Adams,
for he was born a Rebel."
John Adams
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