Everything in life should be done with reflection. John Adams View this quote
Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public. John Adams
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National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman. John Adams
Negro Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude and I am utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri territories. John Adams
No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. John Adams
One sailor will do us more good than two soldiers. John Adams
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws. John Adams
Power must never be trusted without a check. John Adams
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty. 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. John Adams
2nd President of the United States (1797–1801)
October 30th, 1735 - July 4th, 1826
