If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Quote by John Adams

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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...

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

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

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...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

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...

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

Politics are the divine science, after all

Politics are the divine science, after all

As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent...

As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent...

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched...

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched...

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies...

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

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...

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

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

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

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in...

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in...

The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.

The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.