There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It already appears, that there must be in every society of men superiors and inferiors, because God has laid in the constitution… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature… — John Adams Copy Share Image
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I was very strenuous for retaining and insisting on it [law of nature], as a resource to which we might be driven… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in this earth. Not a Baptism, not a Marriage, not a Sacrament can… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The human understanding is a revelation from its maker, which can never be disputed or doubted. There can be no scepticism, Pyrrhonism,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The question before the human race is, Whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“All the perplexities, confusion, and distress in America arise, not from want of honor or virtue, but from the downright ignorance of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Resistance to sudden violence, for the preservation not only of my person, my limbs, and life, but of my property, is an… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man and brute. — John Adams Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in which mankind have been more unanimous [founding nations upon superstition]; yet nothing can be inferred from it more… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
. . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Set before us the conduct of our own British ancestors, who defended for us the inherent rights of mankind against foreign and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Since natural law was thought to be accessible to the ordinary man, the theory invited each juror to inquire for himself whether… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I do not like the late resurrection of the Jesuits. . . . If ever any congregation of men could merit eternal… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, nor from want of honor… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits.... Shall we not have regular swarms of them here, in as many disguises… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely to live and die on this earth — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Human nature with all its infirmities and deprivation is still capable of great things. It is capable of attaining to degrees of… — 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 Image
“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 Image
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity — John Adams Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together. — John Adams Copy Share Image
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