Samuel Adams Quotes About American Liberty
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Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.
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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.
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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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For no People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can they easily be subdued, where Knowledge is diffusd and Virtue preservd . On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own Weight, without the Aid of foreign Invaders.
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Samuel Adams
- Born: September 27, 1722
- Died: October 2, 1803
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States
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