Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old John Adams quotes, John Adams sayings, and John Adams proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.John Adams
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.John Adams
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The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. Read over again all the accounts we have of Hindoos, Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, we shall find that priests had all the knowledge, and really governed all mankind.John Adams
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Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.John Adams
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The law, in all vicissitudes of government... will preserve a steady undeviating course... On the one hand it is inexorable to the cries of the prisoners; on the other it is deaf, deaf as an adder to the clamours of the populace.John Adams
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If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle.John Adams
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It will be celebrated by succeeding generations s the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forevermore.John Adams
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It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires. and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other.John Adams
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The rich are seldom remarkable for modesty, ingenuity, or humanity. Their wealth has rather a tendency to make them penurious and selfish. John Adams
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It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished.John Adams
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It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.John Adams
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Politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.John Adams
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Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue.John Adams
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.John Adams
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Grief, sorrow, and mourning for irremediable events are useless to the living as to the dead, except as they produce reflection, consideration, and correct errors or reform vices. Remember the best philosophy, the beloved is chastened.John Adams
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.John Adams
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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
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