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This is my religion ... joy and exaltation in my own existence ... so go ahead and snarl ... bite ... howl, you Calvinistic divines and all you who say I am no Christian. I say you are not Christian.

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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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The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance.
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Mr. Jefferson has reason to reflect upon himself. How he will get rid of his remorse in his retirement, I know not. He must know that he leaves the government infinitely worse than he found it, and that from his own error or ignorance.
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. . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.
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All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are attended with great dangers and uncertain effects.
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Riches attract attention, consideration, and congratulations of mankind.
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I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service.
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As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.
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I shall have the liberty to think for myself.
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[You have Rights] antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws Rights, derived from the Great Legislator of the universe.
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I shall have liberty to think for myself without molesting others or being molested myself.
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Mankind will in time discover that unbridled majorities are as tyrannical and cruel as unlimited despots.
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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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When I was young, and addicted to reading, I had heard about dancing on the points of metaphysical needles but, by mixing in the world, I found the points of political needles finer and sharper than the metaphysical ones.
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