Tag Archives: Samuel Adams

First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Or Laws Can Protect A Corrupted People

Posted on July 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams (1749)

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First Principles: It Takes Industrious Persons With Excellent Moral Principles To Successfully Lead Our Republic

Posted on July 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Virtuous People Cannot Be Subdued

Posted on July 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” – Samuel Adams (1779)

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First Principles: Universal Ignorance and Lack of Virtue Will Sink This Nation Faster Than Any Foreign Invader

Posted on June 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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 … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Private Character Serves to Instruct On Public Persons

Posted on May 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” – Samuel Adams (1775)

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First Principles: Everyone Has the Right To Worship According To Their Conscience

Posted on April 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“As neither reason requires, nor religion permits the contrary, every man living in or out of a state of civil society, has a right peaceably and quietly to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience.” –Samuel Adams, A … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right To Freedom Is God Given and Cannot Be Given Up

Posted on February 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If men … give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right To Vote Is A Solemn Duty To God and Country

Posted on January 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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 … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Diffusion of Knowledge and Virtue Secures Our Liberty

Posted on January 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.” – Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1779

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First Principles: The Constitution Should Never Be Construed To Infringe On Our Rights

Posted on November 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their … Continue reading →

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