John Adams – Purpee Quotes

“When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.”

— John Adams

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Our Constitution was made only for a

Posted on September 9, 2016September 9, 2011 by admin

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

— John Adams

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In politics the middle way is none

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2011 by admin

“In politics the middle way is none at all.”

— John Adams

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I must study politics and war that

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2011 by admin

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”

— John Adams

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Here is everything which can lay hold

Posted on December 19, 2015December 19, 2010 by admin

“Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination – everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.”

— John Adams

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Category: imagination
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