Samuel Adams

"The foundation of a just society is laid brick by brick through small acts of integrity."

"A nation that ignores the wisdom of its past is condemned to suffer its future."

"The greatest inheritance we can give our children is the legacy of freedom."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the determination to act despite it."

"The light of truth cannot be extinguished, only temporarily obscured."

"A society flourishes when it values the integrity of its institutions and guardians."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the surest path to understanding our place in the world."

"Power without accountability is the breeding ground of corruption and cruelty."

"The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will of another, but to have only the law of nature for his rule."

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

"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 support and defend them in the best manner they can."

"A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate."

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending at all hazards."

"Be not intimidated, therefore, by any threat and false statement of comfort till you are sure you are on the solid and permanent ground of truth and character."

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."

"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."

"It is not the office of a good patriot to come forward in an arbitrary government to flatter and to please."

"The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government."

"How strangely will the tools of a tyrant pervert the plain meaning of the laws!"

"Responsibility is a tremendous engine in building a free society."

"The true origin of rights is in nature, and the exercise of those rights in society are regulated by justice."

"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil liberty."

"A free people stand on a moral foundation which includes the practice of virtue and piety."

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

"The independence of America was the result of the necessities of the times."

"We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them."

"In the long run of history, those who believed in their people and fought for their freedom have been vindicated."

"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."

"What is the duty of every patriot? To advance the public good."

"A man may be condemned for what he has done, but cannot be condemned for what he has not done."