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We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

Samuel Adams , Revolutionary
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Samuel Adams Quotes to Explore

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men....
If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free su...
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to d...
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them agains...
The marriage state was designed to complete the sum of human happiness in this life. It sometimes proves otherwise, but this is owing to the parties t...
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to h...
The love of power, like the love of money, increases with the possession of it; and we know in what ruin these baneful passions have involved human so...
We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them....

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I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me....
We've got to start making people realise that it's a proud thing to run a business, to export your goods around the country....
I've wrestled some of the strongest, most athletic guys this business has ever seen. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Mark Henry, Kane. These guys are phenome...
The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressi...
Men invent means and methods of coming at God's love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of tr...
Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world....
From my standpoint, we ought to be talking about... how do you make Wisconsin a more attractive place for risk-taking, business investment, business e...
Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art....
Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am...
You could have everything right but be in the wrong place. You think your business is no good, but really, the problem is your place is no good....