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John Adams Quotes
«I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely to live and die on this earth»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
Death and dying,
Living,
Mankind
| Keywords:
conceive, live-and-die, species
«The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
Freedom,
Power,
Speech,
Thinking,
Writing
| Keywords:
arm, devour, jawed, jaws, open to, stretched, stretched out, writing arm
«Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
Power,
Society
| Keywords:
corrupts, increases, moral character
«I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will preserve their happiness in a tolerable measure»
«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.»
«I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry, and porcelain.»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| Keywords:
architecture, history of music, My Sons, natural history, natural order, natural philosophy, Natural right, porcelain, sons, tapestry