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Quotes from Essay published in The Advertiser — Samuel Adams

1722–1803 United States

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It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty, — to oppress without control or the restraint of laws all who are poorer or weaker than themselves.

Essay published in The Advertiser (1748)

The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.

Essay published in The Advertiser (1748)

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.

Essay published in The Advertiser (1748)

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