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John  Adams Quotes: "The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere."

The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.



John  Adams Quotes: "That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience."

That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.




John  Adams Quotes: "This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it."

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.



John  Adams Quotes: "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."

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.




John  Adams Quotes: "Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty."

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.



John  Adams Quotes: "The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity"

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity



John  Adams Quotes: "The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men."

The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men.




John  Adams Quotes: "The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws."

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.



John  Adams Quotes: "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."

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.



John  Adams Quotes: "Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it."

Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.



John  Adams Quotes: "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."

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.



John  Adams Quotes: "Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write."

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.




John  Adams Quotes: "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."

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.



John  Adams Quotes: "Government has no Right to hurt a hair of the head of an Atheist, for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices."

Government has no Right to hurt a hair of the head of an Atheist, for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices.



John  Adams Quotes: "The National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman."

The National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.



John  Adams Quotes: "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."

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.



John  Adams Quotes: "The happiness of society is the end of government."

The happiness of society is the end of government.



John  Adams Quotes: "A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man."

A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man.



John  Adams Quotes: "I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."

I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings 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 Quotes: "The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity."

The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.



John  Adams Quotes: "I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world."

I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.



John  Adams Quotes: "If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?"

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?



John  Adams Quotes: "But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe."

But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe.



John  Adams Quotes: "God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world."

God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world.



John  Adams Quotes: "When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone."

When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.



John  Adams Quotes: "This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!"

This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!



John  Adams Quotes: "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."

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.



John  Adams Quotes: "The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity."

The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity.



John  Adams Quotes: "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."

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.



John  Adams Quotes: "Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner."

Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.



John  Adams Quotes: "Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and I shall die abhorring."

Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and I shall die abhorring.



John  Adams Quotes: "Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in all the combinations of human society."

Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in all the combinations of human society.



John  Adams Quotes: "When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, "My bursting heart must find vent at my pen."

When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, "My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.



John  Adams Quotes: "You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket."

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.



John  Adams Quotes: "Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good, but never assume to comprehend."

Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good, but never assume to comprehend.



John  Adams Quotes: "Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net."

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.



John  Adams Quotes: "The Constitution is ...the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen"

The Constitution is ...the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen



John  Adams Quotes: "Ambition is one of the ungovernable passions of the human heart. The love of power is insatiable and uncontrollable."

Ambition is one of the ungovernable passions of the human heart. The love of power is insatiable and uncontrollable.



John  Adams Quotes: "[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."

[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.



John  Adams Quotes: "You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen."

You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen.



John  Adams Quotes: "The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries."

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.



John  Adams Quotes: "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.



John  Adams Quotes: "I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and other practicalities, so that their children can study painting, poetry and other fine things."

I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and other practicalities, so that their children can study painting, poetry and other fine things.



John  Adams Quotes: "Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell."

Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell.



John  Adams Quotes: "As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children."

As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.



John  Adams Quotes: "We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it."

We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.



John  Adams Quotes: "The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity."

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.



John  Adams Quotes: "Elections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror!"

Elections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror!



John  Adams Quotes: "The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?"

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?