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“This Tea Is Too Cheap!” #2 🫖 (Boston Tea Party / 16 Dec. 1773)
Hot-takes from Abigail + Sam + John Adams & the Town of Boston... -
“This Tea Is Too Cheap!” #2 🫖 (Boston Tea Party / 16 Dec. 1773)
Hot-takes from Abigail + Sam + John Adams & the Town of Boston... -
“This Tea Is Too Cheap!” #2 🫖 (Boston Tea Party / 16 Dec. 1773)
Hot-takes from Abigail + Sam + John Adams & the Town of Boston... -
“This Tea Is Too Cheap!” #2 🫖 (Boston Tea Party / 16 Dec. 1773)
Hot-takes from Abigail + Sam + John Adams & the Town of Boston... -
“This Tea Is Too Cheap!” #2 🫖 (Boston Tea Party / 16 Dec. 1773)
Hot-takes from Abigail + Sam + John Adams & the Town of Boston... -
We must come to the Principles of Jesus. But, when will all Men and all Nations do as they would be done by? Forgive all Injuries and love their Enemies as themselves? I leave those profound Phylosophers whose Sagacity perceives the Perfectibility of Humane Nature, and those illuminated Theologians who expect the Apocalyptic Reign, to enjoy their transporting hopes; provided always that they will not engage us in Crusades and French Revolutions, nor burn us for doubting.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/83698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #progress #forgiveness #extremism #fanaticism #goldenrule #hope #humannature #humanity #ideal #Jesus #loveyourenemy #loveyourneighbor #zealotry
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We must come to the Principles of Jesus. But, when will all Men and all Nations do as they would be done by? Forgive all Injuries and love their Enemies as themselves? I leave those profound Phylosophers whose Sagacity perceives the Perfectibility of Humane Nature, and those illuminated Theologians who expect the Apocalyptic Reign, to enjoy their transporting hopes; provided always that they will not engage us in Crusades and French Revolutions, nor burn us for doubting.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/83698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #progress #forgiveness #extremism #fanaticism #goldenrule #hope #humannature #humanity #ideal #Jesus #loveyourenemy #loveyourneighbor #zealotry
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We must come to the Principles of Jesus. But, when will all Men and all Nations do as they would be done by? Forgive all Injuries and love their Enemies as themselves? I leave those profound Phylosophers whose Sagacity perceives the Perfectibility of Humane Nature, and those illuminated Theologians who expect the Apocalyptic Reign, to enjoy their transporting hopes; provided always that they will not engage us in Crusades and French Revolutions, nor burn us for doubting.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/83698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #progress #forgiveness #extremism #fanaticism #goldenrule #hope #humannature #humanity #ideal #Jesus #loveyourenemy #loveyourneighbor #zealotry
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We must come to the Principles of Jesus. But, when will all Men and all Nations do as they would be done by? Forgive all Injuries and love their Enemies as themselves? I leave those profound Phylosophers whose Sagacity perceives the Perfectibility of Humane Nature, and those illuminated Theologians who expect the Apocalyptic Reign, to enjoy their transporting hopes; provided always that they will not engage us in Crusades and French Revolutions, nor burn us for doubting.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/83698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #progress #forgiveness #extremism #fanaticism #goldenrule #hope #humannature #humanity #ideal #Jesus #loveyourenemy #loveyourneighbor #zealotry
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Großartige Aufführung des #AuroraOrchesters unter der Leitung von #NicholasCollon gestern in der #Isarphilharmonie im #GasteigHP8: Der #Bolero als durch die Zuschauerreihen ziehender #Flashmob. Rhytmisch klatschender, direkter Übergang zu "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" von #JohnAdams. Danach #Gerschwin "Rhapsody in Blue" & "I Got Rhythm" mit #HayatoSumino am Klavier. Schließlich eine mitreißende Performance von Strawinsky "Le sacre du printemps". Ein toller Abend!
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Großartige Aufführung des #AuroraOrchesters unter der Leitung von #NicholasCollon gestern in der #Isarphilharmonie im #GasteigHP8: Der #Bolero als durch die Zuschauerreihen ziehender #Flashmob. Rhytmisch klatschender, direkter Übergang zu "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" von #JohnAdams. Danach #Gerschwin "Rhapsody in Blue" & "I Got Rhythm" mit #HayatoSumino am Klavier. Schließlich eine mitreißende Performance von Strawinsky "Le sacre du printemps". Ein toller Abend!
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Großartige Aufführung des #AuroraOrchesters unter der Leitung von #NicholasCollon gestern in der #Isarphilharmonie im #GasteigHP8: Der #Bolero als durch die Zuschauerreihen ziehender #Flashmob. Rhytmisch klatschender, direkter Übergang zu "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" von #JohnAdams. Danach #Gerschwin "Rhapsody in Blue" & "I Got Rhythm" mit #HayatoSumino am Klavier. Schließlich eine mitreißende Performance von Strawinsky "Le sacre du printemps". Ein toller Abend!
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Großartige Aufführung des #AuroraOrchesters unter der Leitung von #NicholasCollon gestern in der #Isarphilharmonie im #GasteigHP8: Der #Bolero als durch die Zuschauerreihen ziehender #Flashmob. Rhytmisch klatschender, direkter Übergang zu "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" von #JohnAdams. Danach #Gerschwin "Rhapsody in Blue" & "I Got Rhythm" mit #HayatoSumino am Klavier. Schließlich eine mitreißende Performance von Strawinsky "Le sacre du printemps". Ein toller Abend!
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I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1800-11-02) to Abigail AdamsMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/83621/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #presidency #president #WhiteHouse
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While all other Sciences have advanced, that of Government is at a Stand; little better understood; little better practiced now than 3 or 4 thousand years ago. What is the Reason? I say Parties and Factions will not Suffer, or permit Improvements to be made. As Soon as one Man hints at an improvement his Rival opposes it. No sooner has one Party discovered or invented an Amelioration of the condition of Man or the order of Society, than the opposite Party, belies it, misconstrues it, misrepresents it, ridicules it, insults it, and persecutes it.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/36370/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #censorship #factions #government #parties #partisanship #politicalscience #politics #progress #publicpolicy
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We have now, it seems a National Bible Society, to propagate King James Bible, through all Nations. Would it not be better, to apply these pious Subscriptions, to purify Christendom from the corruptions of Christianity; than to propagate those Corruptions in Europe, Asia, Africa and America!
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-11-04) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/51365/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #Bible #Christianity #corruption #evangelism #missionary #moralimperative #priority #proselytization #purification
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We have now, it seems a National Bible Society, to propagate King James Bible, through all Nations. Would it not be better, to apply these pious Subscriptions, to purify Christendom from the corruptions of Christianity; than to propagate those Corruptions in Europe, Asia, Africa and America!
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-11-04) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/51365/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #Bible #Christianity #corruption #evangelism #missionary #moralimperative #priority #proselytization #purification
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We have now, it seems a National Bible Society, to propagate King James Bible, through all Nations. Would it not be better, to apply these pious Subscriptions, to purify Christendom from the corruptions of Christianity; than to propagate those Corruptions in Europe, Asia, Africa and America!
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-11-04) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/51365/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #Bible #Christianity #corruption #evangelism #missionary #moralimperative #priority #proselytization #purification
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We have now, it seems a National Bible Society, to propagate King James Bible, through all Nations. Would it not be better, to apply these pious Subscriptions, to purify Christendom from the corruptions of Christianity; than to propagate those Corruptions in Europe, Asia, Africa and America!
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-11-04) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/51365/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #Bible #Christianity #corruption #evangelism #missionary #moralimperative #priority #proselytization #purification
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We have now, it seems a National Bible Society, to propagate King James Bible, through all Nations. Would it not be better, to apply these pious Subscriptions, to purify Christendom from the corruptions of Christianity; than to propagate those Corruptions in Europe, Asia, Africa and America!
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-11-04) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/51365/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #Bible #Christianity #corruption #evangelism #missionary #moralimperative #priority #proselytization #purification
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Today is my Vice Presidencies co-host's birthday! 🎉 If you haven't already, while we're celebrating Alex's birthday, check out the fun we have learning about all of the veeps starting with the one and only John Adams. #history #VPOTUS #JohnAdams https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/vpotus-001-john-adams/
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Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1825-01-23) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6121/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #Bible #blasphemy #churchandstate #crime #freedomofreligion #heresy #laws #religiousfreedom
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Today marks the anniversary of the first inauguration of John Adams in 1797. This occasion marked the first peaceful transition of power between heads of state. A cornerstone moment in the great experiment of democracy.
In John Adams inauguration address he said:
"Returning to the bosom of my country after a painful separation from it for ten years, I had the honor to be elected to a station under the new order of things, and I have repeatedly laid myself under the most serious obligations to support the Constitution. The operation of it has equaled the most sanguine expectations of its friends, and from an habitual attention to it, satisfaction in its administration, and delight in its effects upon the peace, order, prosperity, and happiness of the nation I have acquired an habitual attachment to it and veneration for it."
"What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?"
"There may be little solidity in an ancient idea that congregations of men into cities and nations are the most pleasing objects in the sight of superior intelligences, but this is very certain, that to a benevolent human mind there can be no spectacle presented by any nation more pleasing, more noble, majestic, or august, than an assembly like that which has so often been seen in this and the other Chamber of Congress, of a Government in which the Executive authority, as well as that of all the branches of the Legislature, are exercised by citizens selected at regular periods by their neighbors to make and execute laws for the general good. Can anything essential, anything more than mere ornament and decoration, be added to this by robes and diamonds? Can authority be more amiable and respectable when it descends from accidents or institutions established in remote antiquity than when it springs fresh from the hearts and judgments of an honest and enlightened people?"
"In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections. If an election is to be determined by a majority of a single vote, and that can be procured by a party through artifice or corruption, the Government may be the choice of a party for its own ends, not of the nation for the national good. If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by foreign nations by flattery or menaces, by fraud or violence, by terror, intrigue, or venality, the Government may not be the choice of the American people, but of foreign nations. It may be foreign nations who govern us, and not we, the people, who govern ourselves; and candid men will acknowledge that in such cases choice would have little advantage to boast of over lot or chance."
In a letter to his wife the next day, Adams wrote:
"In the Chamber of the House of Representatives, was a Multitude as great as the Space could contain, and I believe Scarcely a dry Eye but Washingtons. The Sight of the Sun Setting full orbut and another rising tho less Splendid, was a novelty."
His full inauguration address is available here:
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/adams.asp
When my family and I took a tour of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, we sat in the room where this ceremony took place. Apparently, at that time many people believed that George Washington would not willingly relinquish his office. The park ranger told us that the crowd that Adams described came to see if this peaceful transition of power would indeed, really take place. A novelty, indeed!
We should not take for granted how novel this is, how fortunate citizens of the USA have been to see this tradition honored and preserved, and how easily it could all be lost.
#JohnAdams #GeorgeWashington #Peace #PeacefulTransition #USPolitics #USPol #Constitution #USConstitution #PresidentialElection #USPresidents
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Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #checksandbalances #conscience #emotion #intellect #power #regulation #restraint #selfdeception #selfdelusion #trust #abuseofpower #powercorrupts #bestintentions #selftrust #selfawareness
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Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #checksandbalances #conscience #emotion #intellect #power #regulation #restraint #selfdeception #selfdelusion #trust #abuseofpower #powercorrupts #bestintentions #selftrust #selfawareness
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Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #checksandbalances #conscience #emotion #intellect #power #regulation #restraint #selfdeception #selfdelusion #trust #abuseofpower #powercorrupts #bestintentions #selftrust #selfawareness
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Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #checksandbalances #conscience #emotion #intellect #power #regulation #restraint #selfdeception #selfdelusion #trust #abuseofpower #powercorrupts #bestintentions #selftrust #selfawareness
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Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #checksandbalances #conscience #emotion #intellect #power #regulation #restraint #selfdeception #selfdelusion #trust #abuseofpower #powercorrupts #bestintentions #selftrust #selfawareness
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Christopher Hobbs/ John Adams / Gavin Bryars - "Ensemble Pieces" (1975)
#NowPlaying #ChristopherHobbs #JohnAdams #GavinBryars #CorneliusCardew #DerekBailey #vinylrecords @vinylrecords
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A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.
#ShortStory #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy #WritersOfMastodon #History #HistoricalFantasy #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AuthorsOfMastodon #AlternateHIstory #AltHistory #AmReadingFiction
https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/
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Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue
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My opinions indeed on Religious Subjects ought not to be of any consequence to any but myself.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1820-07-08) to Simon MillerMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81945/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beliefsystem #beliefs #mindyourownbusiness #mybusiness #personal #personalbelief #personalreligion #religion #faith
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To be good, and to do good, is all We have to do.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1777-03-17) to Nabby Adams (Abigail Adams 2d)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35639/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #action #character #deeds #dogood #goodbehavior #gooddeeds #goodperson #meaningoflife #meme #virtue
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Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue
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Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue
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Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue
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Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue
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Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue
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Every Man must seriously set himself to root out his Passions, Prejudices and Attachments, and to get the better of his private Interest. The only reputable Principle and Doctrine must be that all Things must give Way to the public.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81374/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #commongood #commoninterest #community #democracy #mutuality #privateinterest #publicgood #publicservice #republic #selfcontrol #selfdenial #selfinterest #selfmastery #selfpolicing #selfrespect #selfsacrifice #society
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The Spirit of Commerce, Madam, which even insinuates itself into Families, and influences holy Matrimony, and thereby corrupts the Morals of Families as well as destroys their Happiness, it is much to be feared is incompatible with that purity of Heart, and Greatness of soul which is necessary for an happy Republic.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81328/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #business #civicvirtue #commerce #democracy #gain #interest #profit #transaction #commongood #publicgood #republic #corruption
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Public Virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics. There must be a possitive Passion for the public good, the public Interest, Honour, Power, and Glory, established in the Minds of the People, or there can be no Republican Government, nor any real Liberty. And this public Passion must be Superiour to all private Passions. Men must be ready, they must pride themselves, and be happy to sacrifice their private Pleasures, Passions, and Interests, nay their private Friendships and dearest Connections, when they Stand in Competition with the Rights of society.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/28404/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #citizen #citizenship #civicduty #civicvirtue #commongood #commonwealth #democracy #goodcitizen #politician #publicgood #publicvirtue #republic #virtue
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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 (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35981/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #brain #dementia #exercise #fitness #gettingold #growingold #meme #mentalhealth #oldage #mind
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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 (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35981/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #brain #dementia #exercise #fitness #gettingold #growingold #meme #mentalhealth #oldage #mind
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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 (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35981/
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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 (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
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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 (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
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There is nothing I dread So much, as a Division of the Republick into two great Parties, each arranged under its Leader, and concerting Measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble Apprehension is to be dreaded as the greatest political Evil, under our Constitution.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1780-10-02) to Jonathan JacksonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/4853/
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The Priesthood, have in all ancient Nations, nearly monopolized Learning. Read over again all the Accounts We have of Hindoos Chaldeans, Persians Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, We Shall find that Priests had all the Knowledge, and really governed all Mankind. Examine Mahometanism Trace Christianity from its first Promulgation, Knowledge has been almost exclusively confined to the Clergy.
And even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting Sect, who would tolerate, A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest Billingate, the most ungentlemanly insolenc, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured countenanced propagated and applauded: But touch a solemn Truth in collission with a dogma of a Sect, though capable of the clearest proof; and you will Soon find you have disturbed a Nest, and the hornets will swarm about your legs and hands and fly into your face and Eyes.John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1815-01-24) to John TaylorMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6098/
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The Priesthood, have in all ancient Nations, nearly monopolized Learning. Read over again all the Accounts We have of Hindoos Chaldeans, Persians Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, We Shall find that Priests had all the Knowledge, and really governed all Mankind. Examine Mahometanism Trace Christianity from its first Promulgation, Knowledge has been almost exclusively confined to the Clergy.
And even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting Sect, who would tolerate, A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest Billingate, the most ungentlemanly insolenc, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured countenanced propagated and applauded: But touch a solemn Truth in collission with a dogma of a Sect, though capable of the clearest proof; and you will Soon find you have disturbed a Nest, and the hornets will swarm about your legs and hands and fly into your face and Eyes.John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1815-01-24) to John TaylorMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6098/
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The Priesthood, have in all ancient Nations, nearly monopolized Learning. Read over again all the Accounts We have of Hindoos Chaldeans, Persians Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, We Shall find that Priests had all the Knowledge, and really governed all Mankind. Examine Mahometanism Trace Christianity from its first Promulgation, Knowledge has been almost exclusively confined to the Clergy.
And even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting Sect, who would tolerate, A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest Billingate, the most ungentlemanly insolenc, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured countenanced propagated and applauded: But touch a solemn Truth in collission with a dogma of a Sect, though capable of the clearest proof; and you will Soon find you have disturbed a Nest, and the hornets will swarm about your legs and hands and fly into your face and Eyes.John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1815-01-24) to John TaylorMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6098/
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