7 Quotes by John Adams about politics
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There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.
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Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private virtue, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics.
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All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are attended with great dangers and uncertain effects.
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If "Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.
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It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power.
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They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts.
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Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone.
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