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The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity
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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Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.
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The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great Measure, than they have it now. They may change their Rulers, and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty.
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Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
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I shall have the liberty to think for myself.
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Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.
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The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance.
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They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts.
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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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[T]he liberty, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of men, the honor and dignity of human nature, the grandeur and glory of the public, and the universal happiness of individuals, were never so skillfully and successfully consulted as in that most excellent monument of human art, the common law of England.
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The idea of infidelity [a disbelief in the inspiration of the Scriptures or the divine origin of Christianity] cannot be treated with too much resentment or too much horror. The man who can think of it with patience is a traitor in his heart and ought to be execrated [denounced] as one who adds the deepest hypocrisy to the blackest treason.
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Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.
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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 destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.
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Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
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The fundamental article of my political creed is that despotism, or limited sovereignty, or absolute power is the same [whether] in a majority of a popular assembly an aristocratic council or oligarchical junto and a single emperor - equally arbitrary, cruel, bloody and in every respect diabolical.
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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
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Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.
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Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.
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Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart
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I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!
John Adams
