John Adams's Quotes

John Adams's Quotes 61

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an...

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating...

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from...

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us...

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show....

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the...

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination -...

I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low...

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of...

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot...

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to...

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the...

Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the...

Liberty according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an...

Because power corrupts society's demands for moral authority and character...

All the perplexities confusion and distress in America arise not from...

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore the means of knowledge. Let us...

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the...

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye ear and imagination -...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the...

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery of...

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