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Our union is now complete our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Samuel Adams

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Samuel Adams
Age: 81 †
Born: 1722
Born: September 27
Died: 1803
Died: October 2
Founding Father Of The United States
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Massachusetts
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I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.
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We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak.
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