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"25 John Adams Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 30 October 1735. Died: 4 July 1826 | President | Statesman | Attorney | Diplomat | Writer |

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do

Good We Do
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When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.

Legislature Corrupted People Undone
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In politics the middle way is none at all.

Politics Way None
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Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Fear Foundation Governments
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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

Essence Government Control Rivalries
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

Tenderly Cherish Knowledge Read
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Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Democracy Wastes Murders Sucide
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Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Property Right Mankind Liberty
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The happiness of society is the end of government.

Happiness Society Government
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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

Words Instrument Faction Society
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Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Minds You Excercise Wish
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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Power Thinks Soul Weak
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

Great Guilt War
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Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

Power God's Service Laws
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Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Liberty Preserved Knowledge People
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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Politics War Liberty Philosophy
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Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Stand Principle Stand alone
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But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Government Freedom Liberty Forever
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Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

Children Educated Principles Freedom
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As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.

Happiness People Government Consent
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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Danger Free Government Liberty
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Negro slavery is an evil of colossal magnitude.

Slavery Evil Magnitude
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The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance.

Appearance Religion Sunday Proves
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The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.

Study Law Morality Religion
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People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity.
People Nations Forged Adversity
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John Adams Quotes & Sayings