Samuel Adams
Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual - or at least that he ought not so to do;but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.
-Samuel Adams
(The Writings of Samuel Adams)
1781
We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.
-Samuel Adams
(During the signing of the Declaration of Independence)
All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.
-Samuel Adams
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
-Samuel Adams
Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins.