"If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." Samuel Adams Speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776.
LOL -- I remember a couple of years ago when I was looking for this quote online. I did a search on the words "crouch, lick, chains, posterity." You can imagine what I found -- quite a shock!
Carolyn