The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country

Quote by John Adams

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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...

Politics are the divine science, after all

Politics are the divine science, after all

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in...

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in...

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...

Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of...

Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of...

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in...

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in...

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...

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...

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...

A government of laws and not of men.

A government of laws and not of men.

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

I do not rule Russia; ten thousand clerks do

I do not rule Russia; ten thousand clerks do

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media,...

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media,...

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency...

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency...