Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

Quote by John Adams

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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...

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...

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...

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

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...

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

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

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

The happiness of society is the end of government.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of...

Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of...

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but...

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but...

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...

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...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we...

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...

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...

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...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond...

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...