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There's no such thing as a free lunch, unless you have a coupon for a free lunch...or someone gives you a lunch...never mind.

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John Adams
Age: 90 †
Born: 1735
Born: October 19
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
2Nd U.S. President
Diplomat
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Political Philosopher
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Braintree
Massachusetts
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A single assembly is liable to all the vices, follies, and frailties of an individual subject to fits of humor, starts of passion, flights of enthusiasm, partialities, or prejudice, and consequently productive of hasty results and absurd judgments. And all these errors ought to be corrected and defects supplied by some controlling power.
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No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'
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Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.
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I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame
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The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance.
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Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.
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I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen.
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To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is something worse.
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If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?
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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
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My God! This is a revolution! We have to offend someone!
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The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
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Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.
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When you see a good move, sit on your hands and find a better one.
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Before any great things are accomplished, a memorable change must be made in the system of education...to raise the lower ranks of society nearer to the higher.
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I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation.
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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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While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
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Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.
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