John adams Quote by Jon Meacham

“John Adams even appealed the matter to higher spiritual realities when he said, “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is…

— Ben Carson

“Unchecked power, driven by self-interest, scarcity, grandiosity and aggression, is deadly to God’s original fruitful purposes.”

— Andy Crouch

John Adams, second president of the United States, wrote that our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. George Washington warned…

— Joe Lieberman

“Initiates were required to stand, lay their hand on their breast, and answer properly four questions: Do you have disrespect for any current member?…

— Walter Isaacson

“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. John Adams, U.S. President”

— George Washington

“Thus it is, when the moral restraints of religion and tradition, hierarchy and precedent, are removed, the power to suspend or unleash catastrophic events…

— Paul Johnson

“So if we completely reject, not intellectually but actually, all so-called spiritual authority, all ceremonies, rituals and dogmas, it means that we stand alone…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The divinization of Man, when one abhors the order of the world as essentially evil, is a risky and self-contradictory venture.”

— Czesław Miłosz

“any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principle which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil. —”

— Dan Simmons

“There are some things which, by the very act of existing, negate the possibility of a benevolent God. Genocide. Child molesters. Snow boots with…

— shukyou

“Religion is like the edge of a sword, unrighteous doing [polampol, doing things in one’s own way] is not allowed there.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to rankling spleen and bigotry; it makes…

— William Hazlitt