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.

Quote by Samuel Adams

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How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will...

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will...

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against...

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against...

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen...

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen...

The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who...

The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who...

Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall...

Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who...

The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who...

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen...

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen...

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

So long as you are a slave to the opinions of the many you have...

So long as you are a slave to the opinions of the many you have...

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

Freedom doesnt mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the...

Freedom doesnt mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...