John adams Quote by Mark Goodwin

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

— John Adams 1826

“For enslaving a nation, just kill the conscientious people, the rest can be bought.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Power, money, lusts of the flesh and any other desire which takes a man, a family, a village or a nation from peace or…

— Jaime Buckley

“In monarchy the crime of treason may admit of being pardoned or lightly punished, but the man who dares rebel against the laws of…

— Charles River Editors

“a great nation must go on arming itself more and more, not for conquest—not for jealousy—not for war—but for peace!”

— Sinclair Lewis

“...for a country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too…

— Primo Levi

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

— David McCullough

“Can tyrants but by tyrants conquered be”

— George Gordon Byron

“The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.”

— Albert Camus

“A country bent on conquest is necessarily a country internally enslaved.”

— Mikhail Bakunin

“What triumph more complete than that of extorting from a conquered foe the admission that he is conquered?”

— Anonymous

“...only those who have the will and the power to shoot down their fellow men, are the real rulers in this, as in all…

— Lysander Spooner