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    John Adams: Quotes & Facts
    John Adams: Quotes & Facts
    John Adams: Quotes & Facts
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    John Adams: Quotes & Facts

    By Blago Kirov

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    This book is an anthology of quotes from John Adams and selected facts about John Adams.

    “I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.”

    “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

    “The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”

    “Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone.”

    “The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.”

    “Ideology is the science of idiots.”

    “The happiness of society is the end of government.”

    “Power must never be trusted without a check.”

    “A man ought to avow his opinions and defend them with boldness.”

    “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”

    “Everything in life should be done with reflection.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlago Kirov
    Release dateMar 22, 2016
    ISBN9788892577947
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      John Adams - Blago Kirov

      John Adams : Quotes & Facts

      By Blago Kirov

      First Edition

      Translated by Krasi Vasileva

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      John Adams: Quotes & Facts

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      Copyright © 2016 by Blago Kirov

      Foreword

      This book is an anthology of quotes from John Adams and selected facts about John Adams.

      I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.

      There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

      The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

      Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone.

      The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.

      Ideology is the science of idiots.

      The happiness of society is the end of government.

      Power must never be trusted without a check.

      A man ought to avow his opinions and defend them with boldness.

      Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

      Everything in life should be done with reflection.

      I want to see my wife and children every day, I want to see my grass and blossoms and corn ... But above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.

      In Virginia... all geese are swans.

      It is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.

      Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.

      John Adams, Jr. was served as the second President of the United States (1797–1801), the first Vice President (1789–1797), and as a Founding Father

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