"John Adams" Quotes

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make good use of it.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to know...Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. This is enough.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.