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The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.: John Adams (1735 - 1826)
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.: John Adams (1735 - 1826)
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But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.: John Adams (1735 - 1826)
Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.: John Adams (1735 - 1826)
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.: John Adams (1735 - 1826)
All the perplexities, confusions, and distress in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.: John Adams (1735 - 1826), Letter to Thomas Jefferson, August 25, 1787
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.: John Adams (1735 - 1826)
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Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Facts are stupid things.: Ronald Reagan '88, a slight misquote of John Adams, "Facts are stubborn things."
Jefferson still survivies.: John Adams (1735 - 1826), last words after a lifetime competing with Thomas Jefferson
...a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.: John Adams (1735 - 1826), (Diary, 1786)

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