Samuel Adams Quotes

As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander.

No man of honor, as the word is usually understood, did ever pretend that his honor obliged him to be chaste or temperate, to pay his creditors, to be useful to his country, to do good to mankind, to endeavor to be wise or learned, to regard his word, his promise, or his oath.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.

I will not betray my country.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country.

There are things a man must not do to save a nation.

I hope to find my country in the right: however, I will stand by her, right or wrong.

I hate causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

Truth is always your first sacrifice to the welfare of the state

From here on there will be two kinds of men—traitors and patriots. I prefer to be associated with the latter.

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

And even if I were alone, ... I should have the consolation ... to the last moment of my existence ... that no word of mine has tended to the squandering of my country's treasure or the spilling of one single drop of my country's blood.

Let me be very clear: my friendship with my friends ends where the interest of the country begins.

I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.

It is repugnant to an American to inform upon his fellow citizens.

I have never been a traitor. I am not an informer; I never betrayed my nation.

There's nothing that I would do to ever endanger this country.

We all have a loyalty to our country, we want to serve our country. It's in our nature.

I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor.

Duty is the essence of manhood.

No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.