"The essence of a free government consists in……" — John Adams
"The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries."
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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 Consists Quotes
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
— Aristotle
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Reality simply consists of different points of view.
— Margaret Atwood
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
— Henry Adams
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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
— Konrad Adenauer
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The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.…
— Mortimer Adler
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Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself,…
— Annie Besant
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Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
— Theodor Adorno
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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
— Josh Billings
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