"Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection,……" — John Adams
"Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart"
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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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Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
— Walter Benjamin
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I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a…
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God calls us to care for our fellow man, especially the neediest. I feel that call to lift up the…
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The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness…
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You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
— Rita Mae Brown
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You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket…
— Luke Bryan
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My favorite music is '80s music which drives people around me crazy. I really love it.
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I'm simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and…
— Sandra Bullock
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You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that…
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I think from an artist standpoint, you have to put out music that you feel like represents you and things…
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Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should…
— Albert Camus
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Simon drives me crazy. We are still arguing.
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