"A government of laws, and not of men." — John Adams
"A government of laws, and not of men."
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John Adams
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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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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
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We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe…
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The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.
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Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell.
— Edward Abbey
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I actually get more conservative when I'm in Vegas.
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Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and…
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What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me.…
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I am a conservative, but I am not a zombie.
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No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on…
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When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
— Otto von Bismarck
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