John Adams Quotes

John Adams Quotes

John Adams Quotes

Consider the following quotes by John Adams:

"I 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."

"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give the"

"But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

"Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide."

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they c"