“If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enlav’d. This will be their great security.” – Samuel Adams
Tag: Samuel-Adams
The Tools of a Tyrant
“How strangely will the tools of a tyrant pervert the plain meaning of words!” – Samuel Adams
When People Are Universally Ignorant
“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 weight without the Aid of foreign invaders.” – Samuel Adams
