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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never be expected they will either be made by the member to plunder the few who are rich, or by the influence to fleece the many who are poor.
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We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!
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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.
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I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
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The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.
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All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.
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The only thing most people do better than anyone else is read their own handwriting.
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Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.
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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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[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.
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Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part of the latter, and consequently has not equal pretensions to support a frame of government productive of human happiness.
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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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Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.
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My God! This is a revolution! We have to offend someone!
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One sailor will do us more good than two soldiers.
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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
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Popularity, next to virtue and wisdom, ought to be aimed at for it is the dictate of wisdom, and is necessary to the practice of virtue inmost.
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I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation.
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