For no people will tamely surrender their Libertie…

For no people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.

By: Samuel Adams

Year: 1775

This quote is from – Letter to James Warren