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First Principles: Only Patriots Can Prevent the Ruin of Our Nation
“If ever the 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
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First Principles: Let Us Be A People of Virtue
“He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this 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 … Continue reading
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First Principles: America’s Foundation Depends On Our Moral Precepts
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.” —Samuel Adams (1779) Our American republic depends at its foundation on the moral precepts on which it … Continue reading
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First Principles: All Humanity Is Equally Bound To God’s Laws
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams, in a Letter to the Massachusetts State Legislature, January 17, 1794 … Continue reading
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First Principles: Character Builds A Nation
“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
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” —Samuel Adams (1775) This quote is from Samuel Adams’ letter to … Continue reading
