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Samuel Adams Quotes: Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.
         

Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.


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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.



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The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.



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A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.



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Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.



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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.



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Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.



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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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