
Samuel Adams


Today in History: Samuel Adams was Born
Happy birthday Samuel Adams, Bostonian firebrand of the patriot resistance against Britain! In 1772, he drafted “The Rights of the Colonists,” a succinct defense of individual rights on the basis of natural rights. Adams was instrumental in using this...
Stop Asking Permission
A free people doesn’t ask permission to live free. We need to rethink how we define freedom. It doesn’t come from government. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information Samuel Adams:...
Samuel Adams: “All Might be Free”
The “Father of the American Revolution” understood what it took to advance and defend freedom in opposition to the largest empire in history. Faced with the same kind of odds stacked against us today, we’d do well to follow his advice. Path to Liberty: December 29,...
Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of Why it Exists
Most people associate passage of amendments in the 1st Congress with the dogged persistence of Rep. James Madison. But if it weren’t for the efforts of patriots like Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Adams, George Mason and John Hancock, he may never have had the opportunity....