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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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We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection
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He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.
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I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.
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The next step may be fatal to us. Let us then act like wise men, calmly look around us and consider what is best to be done...Let associations and combinations be everywhere set up to consult and recover our just rights.
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