Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 - October 3, 1803) on Masters and Society(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Statesman, Political Philosopher, Founding Father of the United States
: American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“Governors have no right to seek and take what they please; by this, instead of being content with the station assigned them, that of honorable servants of the society, they would soon become absolute masters, despots, and tyrants.”
Source: "The Rights of the Colonists," by Samuel Adams, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, November 20, 1772.
"The Rights of the Colonists," by Samuel Adams, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, November 20, 1772.
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