Quotes by John Adams

John Adams
President of the USA (2nd)
Alive from: 1735-1826
Quotes 1 till 15 of 30.
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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of 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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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Facts are stubborn things.
Source: In een rechtzaal, 4 december 1770 -
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Source: Thoughts on Government, Apr. 1776 -
Genius is sorrow's child.
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
Source: Letter to Abigail Adams, 19-05-1794 -
Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.
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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
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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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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
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In politics the middle way is none at all.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
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