Samuel Adams

How they Dealt with Collaborators

by Michael Boldin | Sep 27, 2023 | American Revolution, Audio/Video, Path to Liberty, Samuel Adams

In the years leading up to the War for Independence, the revolutionaries took an increasingly hostile stance against people who collaborated with or helped the British. And no, it wasn’t just tarring and feathering. Path to Liberty: September 27, 2023...

Don’t Fall for the Cult of Personality

by Mike Maharrey | Oct 15, 2022 | Audio/Video, Founding Principles, Maharrey Minute, Samuel Adams

Too many people today are loyal to individual politicians or parties. Even as a young man, Samuel Adams understood the danger of personality worship. And he warned against it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter)...

Today in History: Samuel Adams was Born

by Dave Benner | Sep 27, 2022 | History, Samuel Adams

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

by Mike Maharrey | Jun 29, 2022 | Audio/Video, Liberty, Maharrey Minute, Samuel Adams

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”

by Michael Boldin | Dec 29, 2021 | Audio/Video, Path to Liberty, Samuel Adams

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

by Michael Boldin | Dec 15, 2021 | Audio/Video, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Path to Liberty, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Adams, State Ratifying Conventions

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....

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