All John Adams Quotes
- The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend… All
- The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. Anti Religious
- Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone. Alone
- I wish I could lay down beside her and die too. Beside
- I read my eyes out and can't read half enough...the more one reads the more one sees we have to read. Book
- The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking,… Always Open
- You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. — I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it… All
- God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in… Any
- You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket. Alone
- We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it. Cannot Insure
- To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do. All
- Everything in life should be done with reflection. Inspirational
- If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle Affair
- Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good,… Admire
- We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break… Ambition
- It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry… Abhorrence
- I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them. Control
- But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe. All
- The only thing most people do better than anyone else is read their own handwriting. Anyone
- The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity. Been
- ...Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never… Acquire
- This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it. All
- [L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have… All
- Let justice be done though the heavens should fall. American Revolution
- There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary war. Greater