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Samuel Adams1722–1803

If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

Samuel Adams on liberty

Speech in Philadelphia (1776)

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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
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