Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics — John Adams Copy Share Image
When public virtue is gone, when the national spirit is fled the republic is lost in essence, though it may still exist… — John Adams Copy Share Image
No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.' — John Adams Copy Share Image
A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple a building — John Adams Copy Share Image
There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If Aristotle, Livy, and Harrington knew what a republic was, the British constitution is much more like a republic than an empire.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There is no good government but what is republican. That the only valuable part of the British constitution is so; for the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
[A] republic . . . [is] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“ Tacitus appears to have been as great an enthusiast as Petrarch for the revival of the republic and universal empire. He… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and… — John Adams Copy Share
“Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard… — John Adams Copy Share
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity — John Adams Copy Share
We may... affirm that the balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. The only possible way, then, of… — John Adams Copy Share
“The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to… — John Adams Copy Share
But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The… — John Adams Copy Share
“Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own aprobation. But upon the stage… — John Adams Copy Share
There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of… — John Adams Copy Share
I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed in blind… — John Adams Copy Share
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or… — John Adams Copy Share
During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together. — John Adams Copy Share
Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in… — John Adams Copy Share
I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service. — John Adams Copy Share
![“[A] republic . . . [is] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of them was secure and protected by law . . . implies liberty; because property cannot be secured unless the man be at liberty to acquire, use or part with it, at his discretion, and unless he…” quote by John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/027/john-adams-529_acquire_a-republic-is-a-government-in-which-the_564060.jpg)
