Nations Quotes by John Adams

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics

— John Adams

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

— John Adams

Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never.

— John Adams

I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation.

— John Adams

People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity.

— John Adams

We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of…

— John Adams

America is destined to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and…

— John Adams

Banks have done more injury to the religion, morality, tranquility, prosperity, and even wealth of the nation than they can have done…

— John Adams

Have you ever found in history, one single example of a nation, thoroughly corrupted, that was afterwards restored to virtue? And without…

— John Adams

Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his…

— John Adams

But before any great things are accomplished, a memorable change must be made in the system of Education and knowledge must become…

— John Adams

There is but one element of government, and that is THE PEOPLE. From this element spring all governments. "For a nation to…

— John Adams

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation: The doctrine of a supreme, intelligent sovereign of the universe,…

— John Adams

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a…

— John Adams

Objects of the most stupendous magnitude, and measure in which the lives and liberties of millions yet unborn are intimately interested, are…

— John Adams

Suppose a nation, rich and poor, high and low, ten millions in number, all assembled together; not more than one or two…

— John Adams

Farther I could find it in my heart to wish that you had been at the head of a hundred thousand Israelites…

— John Adams

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,…

— John Adams

The arts and sciences, in general, during the three or four last centuries, have had a regular course of progressive improvement. The…

— John Adams

I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed…

— John Adams

As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself…

— John Adams

We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our Liberties if anything partial or…

— John Adams

As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the…

— John Adams

I have long been settled in my own opinion that neither Philosophy, nor Religion, nor Morality, nor Wisdom, nor Interest, will ever…

— John Adams

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a…

— John Adams