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“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
-Samuel Adams (1722 – 1803)
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Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signatory 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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Listen to the 1969 recording of Joe Henderson performing his composition “Power to the People,” with Henderson (tenor saxophone); Mike Lawrence (trumpet); Herbie Hancock (piano); Ron Carter (bass); and Jack DeJohnette (drums). [Joe Henderson]
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