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Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'In politics the middle way is none at all.' Read More
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Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: '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.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.' Read More
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Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.' Read More
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Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Adams: 'Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.' Read More