"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country
who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power
and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any
office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man...
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven,
let us become a virtuous people."
-- Samuel Adams (1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Samuel.Adams.Quote.7318

"If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude better than the 
animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity 
forget that you were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American 
Revolution." 1776
http://liberty-tree.ca/qb/Samuel.Adams.Quote.428D

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution,
are worth defending at all hazards;
and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors:
they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure
and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence.
It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation,
enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us
by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them
by the artifices of false and designing men."
-- Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
http://liberty-tree.ca/qb/Samuel.Adams.Quote.CEB3

"All might be free if they valued freedom,
and defended it as they should."
-- Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
http://liberty-tree.ca/qb/Samuel.Adams.Quote.731A

"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these:
first, a right to life;
secondly, to liberty;
thirdly to property;
together with the right to support and defend them
in the best manner they can."
-- Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Samuel.Adams.Quote.301D