"That the desires of the majority of the……" — John Adams
"That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world"
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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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True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as…
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The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management…
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Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the…
— John O. Brennan
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Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as…
— John le Carre
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I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that…
— Jimmy Carter
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No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the…
— Dick Cheney
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Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve…
— Thad Cochran
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The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative…
— Barbara Jordan
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Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.
— Barack Obama
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I have come to deal with principles. I have only to preach that God comes again and again, and that…
— Swami Vivekananda
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No viticultural region in America has demonstrated as much progress in quality and potential for greatness as... the Santa Barbara…
— Robert M. Parker, Jr.
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When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation…
— Harry S. Truman
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