"It is wrong to admit into the Constitution……" — John Adams

"It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property in man"

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128 Quotes by John Adams

John Adams has 128 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to…
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any…
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot…
Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did…
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man…
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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More Admit Quotes

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do… — Glenn Beck
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took… — Kate Beckinsale
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better… — Erma Bombeck
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United… — Bono
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone

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