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title: "98 Politics Quotes By John Adams"
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> [The happiness of society is the end of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-happiness-of-society-is-the-end-of-government/)

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> [Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/can-a-free-government-possibly-exist-with-the-roman-catholic-religion/)

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> [I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-must-not-write-a-word-to-you-about-politics-because-you-are-a-woman/)

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> [In politics the middle way is none at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/in-politics-the-middle-way-is-none-at-all/)

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> [People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/people-and-nations-are-forged-in-the-fires-of-adversity/)

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> [Politics are the divine science, after all,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/politics-are-the-divine-science-after-all/)

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> [A government of laws, and not of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/a-government-of-laws-and-not-of-men/)

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> [Always stand on principle…even if you stand alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/always-stand-on-principle-even-if-you-stand-alone/)

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> [It is much easier to pull down a government, in such a conjuncture of affairs as we have seen, than to build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/it-is-much-easier-to-pull-down-a-government-in-such-a-conjuncture-of/)

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> [The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-government-of-the-united-states-is-not-in-any-sense-founded-upon/)

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> [“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/a-constitution-of-government-once-changed-from-freedom-can-never-be/)

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> [ \[I\] never understood \[what a republican government was and\] I believe no other man ever did or ever will. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-never-understood-what-a-republican-government-was-and-i-believe-no/)

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> [The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-essence-of-a-free-government-consists-in-an-effectual-control-of/)

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> [They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/they-worry-one-another-like-mastiffs-scrambling-for-rank-and-pay-like/)

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> [Ambition is one of the ungovernable passions of the human heart. The love of power is insatiable and uncontrollable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/ambition-is-one-of-the-ungovernable-passions-of-the-human-heart-the/)

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> [Government has no Right to hurt a hair of the head of an Atheist, for his Opinions. Let him have a care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/government-has-no-right-to-hurt-a-hair-of-the-head-of-an-atheist-for/)

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> [“If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/if-the-way-to-do-good-to-my-country-were-to-render-myself-popular-i/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-real-fabric-of-american-society-is-not-all-those-flags-you-see-on/)

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> [I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and other practicalities, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-must-study-war-and-politics-so-that-my-children-shall-be-free-to/)

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> [The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-only-foundation-of-a-free-constitution-is-pure-virtue-and-if-this/)

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> [If the multitude is possessed of the balance of real estate, the multitude will have the balance of power, and in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/if-the-multitude-is-possessed-of-the-balance-of-real-estate-the/)

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> [National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman, and that there is an obligation to perform such a duty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/national-defense-is-one-of-the-cardinal-duties-of-a-statesman-and/)

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> [Human government is more or less perfect as it approaches nearer or diverges farther from the imitation of this perfect plan of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/human-government-is-more-or-less-perfect-as-it-approaches-nearer-or/)

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> [The form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-form-of-government-which-communicates-ease-comfort-security-or-in/)

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> [We electors have an important constitutional power placed in our hands: we have a check upon two branches of the legislature, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-electors-have-an-important-constitutional-power-placed-in-our/)

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> [I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-must-study-politicks-and-war-that-my-sons-may-have-liberty-to-study/)

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> [ The fundamental article of my political creed is that despotism, or limited sovereignty, or absolute power is the same \[whether\] in a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-fundamental-article-of-my-political-creed-is-that-despotism-or/)

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> [Twenty times, in the course of my late reading, have I been on the point of breaking out, 'this would be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/twenty-times-in-the-course-of-my-late-reading-have-i-been-on-the-2/)

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> [The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-united-states-of-america-have-exhibited-perhaps-the-first-example/)

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> [Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. But if unlimited or unbalanced power of disposing property, be put into the hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/property-must-be-secured-or-liberty-cannot-exist-but-if-unlimited-or/)

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> [ \[A\] republic . . . \[is\] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/a-republic-is-a-government-in-which-the-property-of-the-public-or/)

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> [There is no good government but what is republican. That the only valuable part of the British constitution is so; for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/there-is-no-good-government-but-what-is-republican-that-the-only/)

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> [ “There is nothing in which mankind have been more unanimous \[founding nations upon superstition\]; yet nothing can be inferred from it more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/there-is-nothing-in-which-mankind-have-been-more-unanimous-founding/)

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> [“While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/while-our-country-remains-untainted-with-the-principles-and-manners/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Fear is the foundation of most governments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/fear-is-the-foundation-of-most-governments/)

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> [Politics are a labyrinth without a clue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/politics-are-a-labyrinth-without-a-clue/)

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> [Where annual elections end, there slavery begins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/where-annual-elections-end-there-slavery-begins/)

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> [All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are attended with great dangers and uncertain effects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/all-great-changes-are-irksome-to-the-human-mind-especially-those/)

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> [No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/no-good-government-but-what-is-republican-the-very-definition-of-a/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/make-things-rather-than-persons-the-subjects-of-conversations/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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                        "text": "Twenty times, in the course of my late reading, have I been on the point of breaking out, 'this would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!' But in this exclamation, I should have been as fanatical as Bryant or Cleverly. Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in public company-I mean hell.",
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                        "text": "The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . . . [In] the formation of the American governments . . . it will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of heaven. . . . These governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.",
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                        "text": "“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men... and modern nations, in the consecrations of kings, and in several superstitious chimeras of divine rights in princes and nobles, are nearly unanimous in preserving remnants of it... Is the jealousy of power, and the envy of superiority, so strong in all men, that no considerations of public or private utility are sufficient to engage their submission to rules for their own happiness? 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 ]”",
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