"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams
(I submit that as used here, "wealth" means "government handout", which parallels "servitude" in the next clause. Loving wealth, in general, is not antithetical to Liberty! And all our Founders knew that.)
The Gunslinger
i believe what he was saying was that if you would rather live in comfort wearing a collar then you were of no use to him.
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