"A democracy is as really a republic as……" — John Adams
"A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple a building"
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128 Quotes by John Adams
John Adams has 128 quotes on this site.
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The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to…
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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any…
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot…
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Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
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Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
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Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did…
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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man…
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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
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More Building Quotes
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
— Aristophanes
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I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know…
— Dan Aykroyd
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The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
— Dave Barry
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It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very…
— Cecilia Bartoli
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The Beliebers have done some pretty crazy stuff. Last week, the night before I was due to do a show…
— Justin Bieber
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In a building with apartments, of course, you want to make connections. Life is easier that way. There's salt if…
— Juliette Binoche
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Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat…
— Alvar Aalto
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On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives.…
— Michael Bloomberg
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You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the…
— Michael Bloomberg
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On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we…
— Nellie Bly
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