--- title: "11 Jefferson Quotes By John Adams" description: "11 Jefferson quotes by John Adams. Plus more from John Adams and more Jefferson sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/john-adams-529_quote_thomas-jefferson-still-survives-2211722_2211722.jpg" --- > [“Thomas Jefferson still survives”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/thomas-jefferson-still-survives/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/john-adams-529_quote_thomas-jefferson-still-survives-2211722_2211722.jpg) > [Thomas Jefferson survives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/thomas-jefferson-survives/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/john-adams-529_death_thomas-jefferson-survives-2591599_2591599.jpg) > [“Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion? { Letter to Thomas Jefferson , May 19, 1821 }”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/can-a-free-government-possibly-exist-with-the-roman-catholic-religion-2/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/john-adams-529_catholic-religion_can-a-free-government-possibly-exist-wit_2446316.jpg) > [The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-declaration-of-independence-i-always-considered-as-a-theatrical/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/john-adams-529_declaration_the-declaration-of-independence-i-always_2160776.jpg) > [ “This society \[Jesuits\] has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon 's despotism or ideology. It has… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/this-society-jesuits-has-been-a-greater-calamity-to-mankind-than-the/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/john-adams-529_calamity_this-society-jesuits-has-been-a-greater_2706641.jpg) > [Mr. Jefferson has reason to reflect upon himself. How he will get rid of his remorse in his retirement, I know not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/mr-jefferson-has-reason-to-reflect-upon-himself-how-he-will-get-rid/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/john-adams-529_errors_mr-jefferson-has-reason-to-reflect-upon_177969.jpg) > [“I am bold to Say that neither you nor I, will live to See the Course which 'the Wonders of the Times'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-am-bold-to-say-that-neither-you-nor-i-will-live-to-see-the-course/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/john-adams-529_catholic_i-am-bold-to-say-that-neither-you-nor-i_2341922.jpg) > [“I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-almost-shudder-at-the-thought-of-alluding-to-the-most-fatal-example/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/john-adams-529_abuse_i-almost-shudder-at-the-thought-of-allud_932410.jpg) > [“I do not believe that Mr. Jefferson ever hated me. On the contrary, I believe he always like me: but he detested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-do-not-believe-that-mr-jefferson-ever-hated-me-on-the-contrary-i/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/john-adams-529_compassion_i-do-not-believe-that-mr-jefferson-ever_2076807.jpg) > [“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/it-was-the-general-opinion-of-ancient-nations-that-the-divinity-alone/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/john-adams-529_advantage_it-was-the-general-opinion-of-ancient-na_1290226.jpg) > [“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-presidential-election-has-given-me-less-anxiety-than-i-myself/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/john-adams-529_agnosticism_the-presidential-election-has-given-me-l_131430.jpg) ## Other authors on Jefferson ## More by John Adams > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/historically-usury-was-defined-as-any-interest-whatever-on-an/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [“Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/daughter-get-you-an-honest-man-for-a-husband-and-keep-him-honest-no/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-general-principles-on-which-the-fathers-achieved-independence/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [We may... affirm that the balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. The only possible way, then, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-may-affirm-that-the-balance-of-power-in-a-society-accompanies-the/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [“The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-longer-i-live-the-more-i-read-the-more-patiently-i-think-and-the/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/but-what-do-we-mean-by-the-american-revolution-do-we-mean-the/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [“Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own aprobation. But upon the stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/upon-common-theaters-indeed-the-applause-of-the-audience-is-of-more/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/there-are-only-two-creatures-of-value-on-the-face-of-the-earth-those/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [ I will insist the Hebrews have \[contributed\] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed in blind… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-will-insist-the-hebrews-have-contributed-more-to-civilize-men-than/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/government-is-instituted-for-the-common-good-for-the-protection/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/make-things-rather-than-persons-the-subjects-of-conversations/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/during-the-whole-time-i-sat-with-him-in-congress-i-never-heard-him/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/religion-and-virtue-are-the-only-foundations-not-of-republicanism-and/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-universal-object-and-idol-of-men-of-letters-is-reputation/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) > [I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-consider-a-decent-respect-for-christianity-among-the-best/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jefferson/john-adams/#itemlist", "name": "11 Jefferson Quotes By John Adams", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Thomas Jefferson still survives”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/thomas-jefferson-still-survives/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/john-adams-529_quote_thomas-jefferson-still-survives-2211722_2211722.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/john-adams-529_quote_thomas-jefferson-still-survives-2211722_2211722.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/john-adams-529_quote_thomas-jefferson-still-survives-2211722_2211722.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thomas Jefferson still survives” — John Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thomas Jefferson survives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/thomas-jefferson-survives/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/john-adams-529_death_thomas-jefferson-survives-2591599_2591599.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/john-adams-529_death_thomas-jefferson-survives-2591599_2591599.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/john-adams-529_death_thomas-jefferson-survives-2591599_2591599.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thomas Jefferson survives.” — John Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion? 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On the contrary, I believe he always like me: but he detested Hamilton and by whole administration. Then he wished to be President of the United States, and I stood in his way. So he did everything that he could to pull me down. But if I should quarral with him for that, I might quarrel with every man I have had anything to do with in life. This is human nature…I forgive all my enemies and hope they may find mercy in Heaven. Mr. Jefferson and I have grown old and retired from public life. 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Or is the disposition to imposture so prevalent in men of experience, that their private views of ambition and avarice can be accomplished only by artifice? — … There is nothing in which mankind have been more unanimous; yet nothing can be inferred from it more than this, that the multitude have always been credulous, and the few artful. The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature: and if men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, imposture, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. Although the detail of the formation of the American governments is at present little known or regarded either in Europe or America, it may hereafter become an object of curiosity. It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had any interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the inspiration of heaven, any more than those at work upon ships or houses, or labouring in merchandize or agriculture: it will for ever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses. As Copley painted Chatham, West, Wolf, and Trumbull, Warren and Montgomery; as Dwight, Barlow, Trumbull, and Humphries composed their verse, and Belknap and Ramzay history; as Godfrey invented his quadrant, and Rittenhouse his planetarium; as Boylston practised inoculation, and Franklin electricity; as Paine exposed the mistakes of Raynal, and Jefferson those of Buffon , so unphilosophically borrowed from the Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains those despicable dreams of de Pauw — neither the people, nor their conventions, committees, or sub-committees, considered legislation in any other light than ordinary arts and sciences, only as of more importance. Called without expectation, and compelled without previous inclination, though undoubtedly at the best period of time both for England and America, to erect suddenly new systems of laws for their future government, they adopted the method of a wise architect, in erecting a new palace for the residence of his sovereign. They determined to consult Vitruvius, Palladio, and all other writers of reputation in the art; to examine the most celebrated buildings, whether they remain entire or in ruins; compare these with the principles of writers; and enquire how far both the theories and models were founded in nature, or created by fancy: and, when this should be done, as far as their circumstances would allow, to adopt the advantages, and reject the inconveniences, of all. Unembarrassed by attachments to noble families, hereditary lines and successions, or any considerations of royal blood, even the pious mystery of holy oil had no more influence than that other of holy water: the people universally were too enlightened to be imposed on by artifice; and their leaders, or more properly followers, were men of too much honour to attempt it. Thirteen governments thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favour of the rights of mankind. [ Preface to 'A Defence of the Constitutions of the United States of America', 1787 ]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/it-was-the-general-opinion-of-ancient-nations-that-the-divinity-alone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/john-adams-529_advantage_it-was-the-general-opinion-of-ancient-na_1290226.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/john-adams-529_advantage_it-was-the-general-opinion-of-ancient-na_1290226.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/john-adams-529_advantage_it-was-the-general-opinion-of-ancient-na_1290226.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office…” — John Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one, to whomsoever it falls, and our John has been too much worn to contend much longer with conflicting factions. I call him our John, because, when you were at the Cul de sac at Paris, he appeared to me to be almost as much your boy as mine. ...As to the decision of your author, though I wish to see the book { Flourens ’s Experiments on the functions of the nervous system in vertebrated animals }, I look upon it as a mere game at push-pin. Incision-knives will never discover the distinction between matter and spirit, or whether there is any or not. That there is an active principle of power in the universe, is apparent; but in what substance that active principle resides, is past our investigation. The faculties of our understanding are not adequate to penetrate the universe. Let us do our duty, which is to do as we would be done by; and that, one would think, could not be difficult, if we honestly aim at it. Your university is a noble employment in your old age, and your ardor for its success does you honor; but I do not approve of your sending to Europe for tutors and professors. I do believe there are sufficient scholars in America, to fill your professorships and tutorships with more active ingenuity and independent minds than you can bring from Europe. The Europeans are all deeply tainted with prejudices, both ecclesiastical and temporal, which they can never get rid of. They are all infected with episcopal and presbyterian creeds, and confessions of faith. They all believe that great Principle which has produced this boundless universe, Newton ’s universe and Herschel ’s universe, came down to this little ball, to be spit upon by Jews. And until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world. I salute your fireside with best wishes and best affections for their health, wealth and prosperity. { Letter to Thomas Jefferson , 22 January, 1825 }”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-presidential-election-has-given-me-less-anxiety-than-i-myself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/john-adams-529_agnosticism_the-presidential-election-has-given-me-l_131430.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/john-adams-529_agnosticism_the-presidential-election-has-given-me-l_131430.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/john-adams-529_agnosticism_the-presidential-election-has-given-me-l_131430.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. 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