John Adams

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion… would break the strongest cords of our constitution as a whale goes through a net.

John Adams

I am a revolutionary, so my son can be a farmer, so his son can be a poet.

John Adams

I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.

John Adams

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

John Adams

I shall have liberty to think for myself without molesting others or being molested myself.

John Adams

I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation.

John Adams

If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage.

John Adams

If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle.

John Adams

In general, our generals were outgeneralled.

John Adams

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.

John Adams