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John Adams quotes

American President October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826

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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people... And the preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of the rich men in the country... John Adams
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
If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle John Adams
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams
John Adams quote: "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. John Adams
John Adams quote: "To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is..."
To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is something worse. John Adams
John Adams quote: "Why have I not genius to start some new thought? Some thing..."
Why have I not genius to start some new thought? Some thing that will surprise the world? John Adams
John Adams quote: "I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are..."
I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman. John Adams
John Adams quote: "Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among..."
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. John Adams
John Adams quote: "Liberty cannot be achieved without a general knowledge among..."
Liberty cannot be achieved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right and a desire to know. John Adams
John Adams quote: "Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose...."
Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. John Adams
John Adams quote: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious..."
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams
Now to what higher object, to what greater character, can any mortal aspire than to be possessed of all this knowledge, well digested and ready at command, to assist the feeble and friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure redress to wrongs, the advancement of rights, to assert and maintain liberty and virtue to discourage and abolish tyranny and vice. John Adams
John Adams quote: "Let justice be done though the heavens should fall."
Let justice be done though the heavens should fall. John Adams
John Adams quote: "I never saw the face of Cobbett...I should not know him if I..."
I never saw the face of Cobbett...I should not know him if I met him in my porridge dish. John Adams

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