Quotes from John Adams
Swim or sink live or die survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.
- John Adams
Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.
- John Adams
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
- John Adams
National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman, and that there is an obligation to perform such a duty absolutely irrespective of party politics or factional differences.
- John Adams
If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage.
- John Adams
Oh! the wisdom, the foresight and the hindsight and the rightsight and the leftsight, the northsight and the southsight, and the eastsight and the westsight that appeared in that august assembly.
- John Adams
If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information and benevolence.
- John Adams
The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.
- John Adams
Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
- John Adams
I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.
- John Adams
Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good, but never assume to comprehend.
- John Adams
Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
- John Adams