We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection
Samuel AdamsRead
Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.
Interpretation
This quote encourages perseverance and hope in the face of adversity.
Samuel Adams emphasizes the importance of resilience and maintaining a sense of patriotism, urging individuals to never lose hope, as long as there is a spark of passion and determination. He suggests that even in difficult times, one can find the strength to rekindle their commitment and strive for better outcomes.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire a community facing challenges.
We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.
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 subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves? We claim British rights not by charter only! We are born to them.
Let no man thirst for good beer.
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man.
We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak.
There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.
It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .
If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.
if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away
Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.
At times I think the truest image of God today is a black inner-city grandmother in the United States or a mother of the disappeared in Argentina or the women who wake up early to make tortillas in refugee camps. They all weep for their children, and in their compassionate tears arises the political action that changes the world. The mothers show us that it is the experience of touching the pain of others that is the key to change.
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