Ideology is the science of idiots.
- John Adams
More Quotes By John Adams
- [D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right...
- Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government...
- There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the republic into two great parties, each...
- There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is...
- Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet...
- Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and...
- Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.
- But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost...
- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions,...
- As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as...
- Be not intimidated… nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness,...
- Power always thinks… that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws.
- The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible,...
- One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.
- There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust...
Leave a comment
