Quotes about freedom
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Edward Abbey1927–1989“Cliffrose and Bayonets”, p. 26Not for nothing was the revolver called an “equalizer.” Egalite implies liberte.
Edward Abbey1927–1989Abbey’s Road (1979)
John Adams1735–1826A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765)- John Adams1735–1826Notes for an oration at Braintree (Spring 1772)
Slavery in this Country I have seen hanging over it like a black cloud for half a century…
John Adams1735–1826Letter to Thomas Jefferson (3 February 1821), as quoted in Joseph J. Ellis, Passionate Sage (New York: Norton, 1993), p. 138- John Adams1735–1826Letter to Abigail Adams (7 July 1775)
- John Adams1735–1826Letter to Robert J. Evans (1819)
- John Adams1735–1826Letter to John Taylor (15 April 1814)
- John Adams1735–1826Letter to William Tudor, Jr., 20 November 1819. Partially quoted in Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (2000) by Joseph J. Ellis, p. 240
I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country.
John Adams1735–1826Letter to Louisa Catherine Adams (13 January 1820)- John Adams1735–1826Discourses on Davila (1790), No. 13
- John Adams1735–1826Letter to Robert J. Evans (8 June 1819)
John Quincy Adams1767–1848Journal of John Quincy Adams (11 December 1838)
Samuel Adams1722–1803Speech in Philadelphia (1776)- Samuel Adams1722–1803The Rights of the Colonists (1772)