Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

- John Adams

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

- John Adams

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

- John Adams

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

- John Adams

The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.

- John Adams

The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity.

- John Adams

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

- John Adams

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

- John Adams

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or priv…

- John Adams