“While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.”
— John Adams
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“The happiness of society is the end of government.”
— John Adams
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“A government of laws, and not of men.”
— John Adams
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“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.”
— John Adams
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“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.”
— John Adams
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“The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.”
— John Adams
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“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
— John Adams
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“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.”
— John Adams
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“The happiness of society is the end of government.”
— John Adams
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“Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.”
— John Adams
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“I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.”
— John Adams
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