It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor.
- Samuel Adams
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Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote…that he is executing one of the... Let no man thirst for good beer.
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.
In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds... If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government,... If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom –... It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires... It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot... For no People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can they easily be subdued, where Knowledge is diffusd... The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it... Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and... The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.
A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow... Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your... Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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