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Virtue Quotes by John Adams
- Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
- All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so…
- Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
- A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions…
- Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.
- The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.
- Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone.
- You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
- We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.
- To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
- 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…
- I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.
- There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of my contempt, nor…
- Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found without virtue
- Popularity, next to virtue and wisdom, ought to be aimed at; for it is the dictate of wisdom, and is necessary to the practice of…
- Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics
- Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties;…
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- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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- The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. — Saint Augustine