If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be for the world; but if all religion and morality should be overthrown with it, what advantages will be gained? The doctrine of human equality is…

Quote by John Adams

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The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Politics are the divine science, after all,

Politics are the divine science, after all,

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of...

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or...

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or...

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

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The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as...

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

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

A government of laws and not of men.

A government of laws and not of men.

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Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and...

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The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by...

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

Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man...

Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man...

If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be...

If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be...

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a...

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a...

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...