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• There is but one element of government, and that is THE PEOPLE. From this element spring all governments. "For a nation to be free, it is only necessary that she wills it." For a nation to be slave, it is only necessary that she wills it.

  John Adams

  Spring, Government, People

  John Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.474

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• As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.

  John Adams

  War, Mean, Ideas

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.172

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• We may... affirm that the balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. The only possible way, then, of preserving the balance of power on the side of liberty and public virtue is to make the acquisition of land easy to every member of society; to make a division of the land into small quantities, so that the multitude may be possessed of landed estates.

  John Adams

  Land, Balance, Liberty

  John Adams, Frederick K. Sanders (1975). “John Adams Speaking: Pound's Sources for the Adams Cantos”

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• Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.

  John Adams

  Law, Liberty, Individual

  John Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.225

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• America is destined to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs.

  John Adams

  Religious, America, Political

  Adams, John Quincy (1914). “Writings of John Quincy Adams Volume 4”, p.209, Best Books on

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• [J]udges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of men.

  John Adams

  Character, Men, Law

  John Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.198

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• The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.

  John Adams

  Law, Practice, Doe

  John Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.32

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• Will you tell me how to prevent riches from producing luxury? Will you tell me how to prevent luxury from producing effeminacy, intoxication, extravagance, vice and folly?

  John Adams

  Luxury, Riches, Vices

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.386

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• Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.

  John Adams

  Atheist, Jesus, Faith Religion

  Diary of John Adams, www.beliefnet.com. February 13, 1756.

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• I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed in blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. They are the most glorious nation that ever inhabited this Earth. The Romans and their empire were but a bubble in comparison to the Jews. They have given religion to three-quarters of the globe and have influenced the affairs of mankind more and more happily than any other nation, ancient or modern.

  John Adams

  Atheist, Believe, Fate

  Letter to F. A. Van der Kemp, February 16, 1808.

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• As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.

  John Adams

  Love, Children, Hero

  John Adams, Margaret A. Hogan (2007). “My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams”, p.165, Harvard University Press

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• Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.

  John Adams

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

  John Adams, George A. Peek, Jr. (2003). “The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections”, p.18, Hackett Publishing

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• The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

  John Adams

  Ideas, Law, Justice

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.9

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• Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell.

  John Adams

  Religious, Mean, Would Be

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.254

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• Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.

  John Adams

  Liberty, Patriot, Property

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.280

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• It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.

  John Adams

  4th Of July, Illumination, Parades

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• I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.

  John Adams

  Education, Wisdom, Reading

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1850). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.131

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• The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation.

  John Adams

  Christian, Religion, United States

  "The Treaty of Tripoli". The first treaty between the United States of America and Tripoli signed by John Adams, November 4, 1796.

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• The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to prevent their growth in our own.

  John Adams

  Country, Government, Growth

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.126

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• Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character.

  John Adams

  Character, Slavery, Foul

  John Adams' Letter to Joseph Ward, founders.archives.gov. January 8, 1810.

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• I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.

  John Adams

  Wise, Honesty, Blessing

  John Adams (1841). “Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife”, p.267

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• There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of others.

  John Adams

  Commitment, Two, Earth

  "Beauty, Despite All: On the Generosity of Teachers" by Daron Hagen, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2016.

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• Banks have done more injury to the religion, morality, tranquility, prosperity, and even wealth of the nation than they can have done or ever will do good.

  John Adams

  Banking, Done, Morality

  John Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.375

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• A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man.

  John Adams

  Men, Literature, Taste

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• Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?

  John Adams

  Lying, Years, Founding Fathers Religion

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