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Title: ~ John Adams Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:21:12 AM
John Adams Quotes

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An American statesman, diplomat and political theorist.
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). Hailing from New England, Adams, a prominent lawyer and public figure in Boston, was highly educated and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.

Here are some famous quotes by John Adams.   

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In politics the middle way is none at all.
Title: Re: ~ John Adams Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:21:53 AM
The four most miserable years of my life . . .
Title: Re: ~ John Adams Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:22:33 AM
In esse I am nothing; in posse I am everything.
Title: Re: ~ John Adams Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:23:14 AM
player: Can I reach it with a five iron? caddie: Eventually.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:23:44 AM
Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes exhausts and murders itself.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:25:47 AM
Had I been chosen president again I am certain I could not have lived another year.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:26:24 AM
Swim or sink live or die survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:27:07 AM
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:27:43 AM
There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living And the other how to live.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 11:28:15 AM
You are apprehensive of monarchy; I of aristocracy. I would therefore have given more power to the President and less to the Senate.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 01:17:13 PM
If I had refused to institute a negotiation or had not persevered in it I would have been degraded in my own estimation as a man of honor.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 01:18:04 PM
It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 01:18:45 PM
The jaws of power are always open to devour and her arm is always stretched out if possible to destroy the freedom of thinking speaking and writing.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 01:19:23 PM
Every man in it is a great man an orator a critic a statesman; and therefore every man upon every question must show his oratory his criticism and his political abilities.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 01:20:02 PM
I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than the means.
Title: Re: ~ John Adams Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 01:20:34 PM
I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy geography natural history and naval architecture navigation commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting poetry music architecture statuary tapestry and porcelain.
Title: Re: ~ John Adams Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on December 21, 2014, 01:21:07 PM
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice ambition revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.