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John Adams
John Adams
American President
Born: Oct 30, 1735
Died: Jul 4, 1826
Freedom Government Liberty Man Power You
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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. John Adams
Government Constitution People Made Other Our Moral Religious Religious People Only Any Inadequate Wholly
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams
Whatever State Our Evidence Stubborn Facts Wishes Alter Passions Dictates May Cannot Things
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. John Adams
Democracy Remember Long Suicide Lasts More Never Aristocracy Soon Itself Bloody Than Did Commit Either While Monarchy Wastes
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams
Democracy Remember Long Suicide Lasts Never Soon Itself Did Commit Wastes
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. John Adams
Power Corrupts Character Moral Authority Corrupts Power Society Increase Increases Moral Demands Importance Because Authority Position
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. John Adams
You Old Wish Minds Must Horses Like Exercise Order Them Working Keep
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. John Adams
Hope Good Freedom History You Generation Will Posterity Cost Never Know Make How How Much Much Use Your Your Freedom Present Preserve
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams
Great Words Party Society Has-Been Faction Division Abuse Instrument Been Chicanery
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. John Adams
Government Freedom Man Trust Liberty Men Free Power Living Ought Danger Free Government Only Endanger Maxim Public
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. John Adams
Knowledge Speak Think Dare Kindly Tenderly Write Read Cherish Us Means Therefore Let Us
A government of laws, and not of men. John Adams
Government Men Laws
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. John Adams
Atheist Fate Men Nation Believe Other Jews More Had Most Instrument Blind Still Were Than Any Done Essential Nations Ordained Hebrews Eternal Should Believed
Fear is the foundation of most governments. John Adams
Fear Most Governments Foundation
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. John Adams
Nature Ignorance Constitution Confusion Honor Virtue Circulation Distress Arise Confederation America Want Much Downright Credit Defects Coin
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. John Adams
Liberty Thought Power Implies Metaphysics Intellectual According Agent Choice
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. John Adams
Nation Tyrant Case More Robber Than Hang Flea Doubted Right Necessity
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. John Adams
Great Soul Power Weak Comprehension Vast Beyond Always Views Thinks
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. John Adams
Design Settlement Consider Earth Emancipation Scene Part Over Opening Always Reverence Providence Wonder America Grand Mankind Ignorant Illumination Slavish
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. John Adams
Government Better Three Other Thousand Thousand Years Advanced Practiced Sciences Understood Years Years Ago Than While Little Standstill Now Four
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. John Adams
Government Free Control Consists Free Government Rivalries Effectual Essence
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate. John Adams
You Fate Mind Own Our Ruin Give My Own House House Of Representatives Accepted May Representatives Children Warning Your Thereby Prepare Seat Consented
In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams
Politics Way None Middle
Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. John Adams
Simple Imagination Spell Everything Broke Eye Charm Lay How Wonder Hold Which Ignorant Ever Ear Here Luther
Genius is sorrow's child. John Adams
Genius Sorrow Child
I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low in spirits and weak in health, must leave others to wear the laurels which I have sown, others to eat the bread which I have earned. A common case. John Adams
Health Liberty Earned Others Worn Weak Out Must Laurels Wear Eat Spirits Case Leave Sown Common Bread Which Scribbling Low Poor Creature
The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals. John Adams
Affliction Furnace States Individuals Well Refinement Produces

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