| 21 Famous Quotes by John Adams
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“Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
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“That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world”
Majority Quotes |
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“That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world”
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“Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest of happiness”
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“Fear is the foundation of most governments.”
Government Quotes Source: Thoughts on Government
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“Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.”
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“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
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“Thomas Jefferson still survives.”
Famous last words Quotes |
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“Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens understanding and softens the heart. -John Adams.”
Heart-quotes Quotes |
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“Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”
Liberty Quotes |
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“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
War Quotes |
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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.”
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“The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind.”
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“The Pythagorean, as well as the Platonic philosophers, probably concurred in the fabrication of the Christian Trinity”
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“Where annual elections end, there slavery begins”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
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“The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice”
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“The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.”
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“Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart”
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“I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will preserve their happiness in a tolerable measure”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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John Adams Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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