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It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in the minds of men. - Samuel Adams
" "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in the minds of men.
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About Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (27 September 1722 – 2 October 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams.
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