The happiness of society is the end of government.
Quote by John Adams
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The happiness of society is the end of government.
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John Adams Quotes
- Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
- The happiness of society is the end of government.
- Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
- The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.
- I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
- Fear is the foundation of most governments.
- Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
- Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
- The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
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