John Adams
John Adams
John Adamswas an American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the second President of the United States, the first Vice President, and as a Founding Father was a leader of American independence from Great Britain. Adams was a political theorist in the Age of Enlightenment who promoted republicanism and a strong central government. His innovative ideas were frequently published. He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent, particularly with his wife and key advisor Abigail...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPresident
Date of Birth30 October 1735
CountryUnited States of America
Virtue is not always amiable.
Pray how does your asparagus perform?
Mankind will in time discover that unbridled majorities are as tyrannical and cruel as unlimited despots.
Thomas Jefferson?-Still surv....
The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.
July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.
Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.
They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts.
Politics are a labyrinth without a clue.
Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and I shall die abhorring.
Thomas Jefferson survives.
Ideology is the science of idiots.
It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.