The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing

Quote by John Adams

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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...

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never...

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Politics are the divine science, after all

Politics are the divine science, after all

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

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

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

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

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

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...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never...

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution...

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

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

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

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...

A government of laws, and not of men.

A government of laws, and not of men.

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to...

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to...