"There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary…" — John Adams
"There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary war."
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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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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the…
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It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our…
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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