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title: "Best Politics Quotes by John Adams"
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> [The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-government-of-the-united-states-of-america-has-in-itself-no/)

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> [There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/there-is-danger-from-all-men-the-only-maxim-of-a-free-government/)

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> [I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-must-study-politics-and-war-that-my-sons-may-have-liberty-to-study/)

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> [As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/as-the-happiness-of-the-people-is-the-sole-end-of-government-so-the-2/)

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> [The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-declaration-of-independence-laid-the-cornerstone-of-human/)

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> [What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/what-other-form-of-government-indeed-can-so-well-deserve-our-esteem/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/our-constitution-was-made-only-for-a-moral-and-religious-people-it-is/)

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> [It is an observation of one of the profoundest inquirers into human affairs that a revolution of government is the strongest proof…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/it-is-an-observation-of-one-of-the-profoundest-inquirers-into-human/)

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> [The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-furnace-of-affliction-produces-refinement-in-states-as-well-as-2/)

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> [ \[You have Rights\] antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights, derived from the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/you-have-rights-antecedent-to-all-earthly-governments-rights-that/)

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> [While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/while-all-other-sciences-have-advanced-that-of-government-is-at-a/)

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> [Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/where-annual-elections-end-there-slavery-begins-humility-patience-and/)

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> [The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-executive-shall-never-exercise-the-legislative-and-judicial/)

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> [I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-must-study-politics-and-war-that-my-sons-may-have-the-liberty-to/)

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> [As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/as-the-happiness-of-the-people-is-the-sole-end-of-government-so-the/)

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> [Were I to define the British constitution, therefore, I should say, it is a limited monarchy, or a mixture of the three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/were-i-to-define-the-british-constitution-therefore-i-should-say-it/)

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> [ . . . Thirteen governments \[of the original states\] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/thirteen-governments-of-the-original-states-thus-founded-on-the/)

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> [We may please ourselves with the prospect of free and popular governments. But there is great danger that those governments will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-may-please-ourselves-with-the-prospect-of-free-and-popular/)

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> [Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, shame or fear, principle or religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/property-is-surely-a-right-of-mankind-as-real-as-liberty-perhaps-at/)

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> [“The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-science-of-government-it-is-my-duty-to-study-more-than-all-other/)

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> [The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-most-sensible-and-jealous-people-are-so-little-attentive-to/)

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> [...Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/cities-may-be-rebuilt-and-a-people-reduced-to-poverty-may-acquire/)

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> [Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/upon-this-point-all-speculative-politicians-will-agree-that-the/)

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> [Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/nothing-is-more-dreaded-than-the-national-government-meddling-with/)

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> [I am for making of terms annual, and for sending an entire new set every year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-am-for-making-of-terms-annual-and-for-sending-an-entire-new-set/)

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> [It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/it-is-weakness-rather-than-wickedness-which-renders-men-unfit-to-be/)

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> [The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-most-sensible-and-jealous-people-are-so-little-attentive-to-2/)

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> [Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/fear-is-the-foundation-of-most-governments-but-it-is-so-sordid-and/)

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> [The divine science of government is the science of social happiness, and the blessings of society depend entirely on the constitutions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-divine-science-of-government-is-the-science-of-social-happiness/)

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> [There is but one element of government, and that is THE PEOPLE. From this element spring all governments. "For a nation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/there-is-but-one-element-of-government-and-that-is-the-people-from/)

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> [The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-end-of-the-institution-maintenance-and-administration-of/)

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> [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/)

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> [A question arises whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/a-question-arises-whether-all-the-powers-of-government-legislative/)

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> [There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/there-is-nothing-i-dread-so-much-as-the-division-of-the-republic-into/)

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> [If "Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/if-thou-shalt-not-covet-and-thou-shalt-not-steal-were-not/)

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> [Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/government-is-nothing-more-than-the-combined-force-of-society-or-the-2/)

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> [Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/facts-are-stubborn-things-and-whatever-may-be-our-wishes-our-2/)

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> [“Government has no right to hurt a hair on 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-on-the-head-of-an-atheist-for/)

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> [When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/when-economic-power-became-concentrated-in-a-few-hands-then-political/)

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## 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/)

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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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