John Adams..............

"Fear is the foundation of most governments."
John Adams
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"Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense."
John Adams
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" Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write."
John Adams
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"But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
John Adams
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"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom."
John Adams
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"The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body. "
John Adams
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"No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it."
John Adams
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"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. "
John Adams, Journal, 1772
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives."
John Adams, Letter to Benjamin Rush, 18 April 1808
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'Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it."

John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
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"Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public."
John Adams......
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John Adams quotes:
"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.
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John Adams quotes:
"Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country."
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