"Property monopolized or in the possession of a……" — John Adams
"Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind."
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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 Curse Quotes
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one of 924 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
— Paul Auster
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I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel,…
— Michele Bachmann
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast…
— Joseph Addison
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With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and…
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
— William S. Burroughs
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Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite.…
— Bryan Callen
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
— Andrew Carnegie
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