Quote by Samuel Adams
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right

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. – Samuel Adams

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…it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in peoples minds… – Samuel Adams

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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections. – Samuel Adams

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Life
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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. – Samuel Adams

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Freedom
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. – Abraham Lincoln

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The waste basket is the writers best friend. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. – Charles A. Beard

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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. – Oscar Wilde

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As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time. – Tom Waits

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This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand. – Louise Slaughter

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