4 Quotes by John Adams about lying

  • Author John Adams
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    Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?

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  • Author John Adams
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    I desire no other inscription over my gravestone than: 'Here lies John Adams, who took upon himself the responsibility of peace with France in the year 1800'.

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  • Author John Adams
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    The history of our Revolution will be one continued lie from one end to the other. The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and out sprang General Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his rod - and thenceforward these two conducted all the policies, negotiations, legislatures, and war.

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  • Author John Adams
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    Tom, had you and I been 40 days with Moses, and beheld the great God, and even if God himself had tried to tell us that three was one ... and one equals three, you and I would never have believed it. We would never fall victims to such lies.

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