Time Quotes by John Quincy Adams

I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils…

— John Quincy Adams

About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have…

— John Quincy Adams

...he [Muhammad] declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind...The precept of the Koran is,…

— John Quincy Adams

A man's diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections.

— John Quincy Adams

There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have…

— John Quincy Adams

To live without having a Cicero and a Tacitus at hand seems to me as if it was aprivation of one of my limbs.

— John Quincy Adams

The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.

— John Quincy Adams

Whoever tells the best story wins.

— John Quincy Adams

Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.

— John Quincy Adams

The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.

— John Quincy Adams

“If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a…

— John Quincy Adams

Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the…

— John Quincy Adams

Of all persecuted sects, the Baptists stand forth as most prominent, simply and only because they aim at a more complete and thorough reform…

— John Quincy Adams

“It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or…

— John Quincy Adams

Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves,…

— John Quincy Adams