❝ history of this quote “I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy.” by John Adams John Adams
❝ history of this quote “The law, in all vicissitudes of government, fluctuations of the passions, or flights of enthusiasm, will preserve a steady undeviating course; it will not bend to the uncertain wishes, imaginations, and wanton tempers of men… On the one hand it is inexorable to the cries and lamentations of the prisoners; on the other it is deaf, deaf as an adder to the clamours of the populace.” 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 “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right… and a desire to know-but besides this they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded, and envied kind of knowledge. I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers.” by John Adams John Adams
❝ history of this quote “The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and the executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.” by John Adams John Adams
❝ history of this quote “The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.” 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
❝ “There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” – John Adams John Adams
❝ “There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” John Adams