history of this quote “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.” by John Adams John Adams
history of this quote “Remember Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not commit suicide.” by John Adams John Adams
history of this quote “Nor dim nor red, like God’s own head, The glorious Sun uprist.” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge
history of this quote “He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small.” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge
history of this quote “Every project has been found to be no better than committing the lamb to the custody of the wolf, except that one which is called a balance of power.” by John Adams John Adams
history of this quote “Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.” by John Adams John Adams
history of this quote “What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?” by John Adams John Adams
history of this quote “You and I, ought not to die, before We have explained ourselves to each other.” by John Adams John Adams
“Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge
