The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult.

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...

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...

A government of laws and not of men.

A government of laws and not of men.

A government of laws, and not of men.

A government of laws, and not of men.

Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of...

Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of...

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

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

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

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

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

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

The happiness of society is the end of government.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Politics are the divine science, after all

Politics are the divine science, after all

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...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is...

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...

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...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

I hope Howard Dean is like George McGovern. I thought I was a pretty good...

I hope Howard Dean is like George McGovern. I thought I was a pretty good...

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

I have learned from experience that, in the bluff and counterbluff of world politics, to...

I have learned from experience that, in the bluff and counterbluff of world politics, to...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...