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"It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail."
Samuel Adams (1722-1803) U.S. statesman and founding father.
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"It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
Samuel Adams (1722-1803) American statesman and founding father.
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"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"
Samuel Adams (1722-1803) American statesman and founding father.
If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.
Samuel Adams (1722-1803) U.S. Statesman and Founding Father. (via philosophicalconservatism)
John Singleton Copley, Samuel Adams, 1772
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No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. 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.
Samuel Adams (1722 – 1803) U.S. Statesman,”Father Of The American Revolution” (via philosophicalconservatism)