“There is, in the human breast, a social affection, which extends to our whole species.”
John Adams Quotes
1735 – 1826
Second President of the United States and a leading figure of the American Revolution.
23 quotesAbout John Adams on Wikipedia
“A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.”
“No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.”
“Human nature with all its infirmities and depravation is still capable of great things.”
“Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory.”
“The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals.”
“Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present generation, to preserve your Freedom!”
“I should prefer the Delights of a Garden to the Dominion of a World.”
“Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.”
“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge.”
“The world grows more enlightened. Knowledge is more equally diffused.”
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.”
“Tyranny can scarcely be practised upon a virtuous and wise people.”
“It is folly to anticipate evils, and madness to create imaginary ones.”
“Virtue is the mistress of all things. Virtue is the master of all things.”
“Virtue is not always amiable. Integrity is sometimes ruined by prejudices and by passions.”
