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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That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity...

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

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...

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

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...

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

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

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

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...

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...

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...

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...

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...

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

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...

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in...

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in...

Freedom is when one hears the bell at seven o'clock in the morning and knows...

Freedom is when one hears the bell at seven o'clock in the morning and knows...

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...