Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.

Quote by John Adams

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There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the...

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

Popularity, next to virtue and wisdom, ought to be aimed at; for it is the...

Popularity, next to virtue and wisdom, ought to be aimed at; for it is the...

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and...

Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

Politics are the divine science, after all

Politics are the divine science, after all

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of...

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of...

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited...

It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited...

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics...

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was...

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was...

The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance...

The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what...

Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what...

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness...

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness...