Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. — John Adams Copy Share Image
The real fabric of American society is not all those flags you see on people's cars...it's in the Bill of Rights and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Let us hear the dangers of thralldom to our consciences from ignorance, extreme poverty, and dependence; in short, from civil and political… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Banks have done more injury to the religion, morality, tranquility, prosperity, and even wealth of the nation than they can have done… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I desire no other inscription over my gravestone than: 'Here lies John Adams, who took upon himself the responsibility of peace with… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in… — 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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