Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams (1722-1803) was an American founding father, political theorist, and politician. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of Massachusetts.

If ye love wealth better than liberty...[then] crouch down and lick the hands which feed you…and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!
Speech in Philadelphia, 1776
Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote…he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.
Boston Gazette, Apr. 2, 1781
The said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience….
Proposed Amendment, Feb. 6, 1788
The said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to…prevent the people of The United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
Proposed Amendment, Feb. 6, 1788

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.