All John Adams Quotes
- Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and… Class
- Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations. Conversation
- You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen. All
- Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind. Curse
- The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families. Families
- Ideology is the science of idiots. Ideology
- No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. Congratulate
- Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often… Any
- I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman. Politics
- Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There… Aristocracy
- Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. Always Thinks
- Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found without virtue Democracy
- As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it, in… Consent
- I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order… Architecture
- Politics are the divine science, after all, All
- The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied oppressions have placed… Attentive
- The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it, and to furnish… Administration
- What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels, condemned as spurious by the bull of… Another P
- Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws. Bear
- Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when… All