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645The 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- 0 0 •
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636I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate. John Adams
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650Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. John Adams
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674I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. John Adams
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705When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. John Adams
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619A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. John Adams
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675Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams
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826There 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. John Adams
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712The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. John Adams
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651I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. John Adams
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751Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. John Adams
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674Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams
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602All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. John Adams
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