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We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.
John Adams
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John Adams
Age: 90 †
Born: 1735
Born: October 19
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
2Nd U.S. President
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Braintree
Massachusetts
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J. Adams
President John Adams
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It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion, judgment, and conscience.
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Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.
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Borrowed eloquence, if it contains as good stuff, is as good as own eloquence
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The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.
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Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.
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I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.
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I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation.
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A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.
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America is destined to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs.
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I desire no other inscription over my gravestone than: 'Here lies John Adams, who took upon himself the responsibility of peace with France in the year 1800'.
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There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
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The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
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Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.
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Resistance to sudden violence, for the preservation not only of my person, my limbs, and life, but of my property, is an indisputable right of nature which I have never surrendered to the public by the compact of society, and which perhaps, I could not surrender if I would.
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If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information and benevolence.
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Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.
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I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service.
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Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.
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I would quarrel with both parties, and with every individual of each, before I would subjugate my understanding, or prostitute my tongue or pen to either.
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