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The statue of Patriot Samuel Adams outside Faneuil Hall in Boston.
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Samuel Adams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, once wrote, “It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.”
He must be spinning in his grave in Boston because of how the intent of that statement has been turned upside down today.
Robert Stewart
Waikiki
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