Samuel Adams1722–1803The quotations of
Samuel Adams
American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States
1722–1803
15 quotes, most often on Liberty, America and Government. Part of the Founding Fathers collection.
- Speech in Philadelphia (1776)
- Letter to Samuel Cooper (30 April 1776)
The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.
Remark in “small confidential companies”; in William Gordon, The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America, vol. 1 (1788, reprinted 1969), entry for March 9, 1774, p. 347.- The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
- The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
- Letter to James Warren (24 October 1780)
- Essay published in The Advertiser (1748) and later reprinted in The Life and Public Service of Samuel Adams, Volume 1 (1865), by William Vincent Wells
- Speech in Philadelphia (1776)
- Speech in Philadelphia (1776)
- Essay, written under the pseudonym “Candidus,” in The Boston Gazette (14 October 1771), later published in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams (1865) by William Vincent Wells, p. 425
- The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
- Instructions to Boston’s Representatives (May 1764), also quoted in Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan (1997), by William M. Fowler Jr., p. 51
The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.
Essay, written under the pseudonym “Candidus,” in The Boston Gazette (14 October 1771), later published in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams (1865) by William Vincent Wells, p. 425- Letter to James Warren (12 February 1779)
Often credited to Samuel Adams
Quotes often credited to Samuel Adams that were said or written by someone else.
