Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams Read Quote
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. John Adams Read Quote
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. John Adams Read Quote
Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide. John Adams Read Quote
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. John Adams Read Quote
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams Read Quote
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams Read Quote
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. John Adams Read Quote
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams Read Quote
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. John Adams Read Quote
