My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. John Adams conceivecontrivecountry Change image and share on social
There 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 dangerendangerfree Change image and share on social
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. John Adams agentchoicedetermine Change image and share on social
Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. John Adams bewitchbreakcharm Change image and share on social
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. John Adams comprehensiongreatpower Change image and share on social
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams constitutiongovernmentinadequate Change image and share on social
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams abusechicanerydivision Change image and share on social
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams commitdemocracyexhaust Change image and share on social
A 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 admirebelovedconsider Change image and share on social