Logo
Quote by John Adams
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. I

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams

Other quotes by John Adams

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams

Category:
Desires
Author
John Adams
Read Quote

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

Category:
great
Author
John Adams
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

Bureaus are extrusions from the body politic — they are pus. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Category:
Government

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldnt possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. Theres a relationship to government about knights. – Harold Pinter

Category:
Government

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life. – Fawn Hall

Category:
Government

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb. – Author unknown, commonly misattributed to Benjamin Franklin (Thanks, Art)

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged. – Helen Keller

Category:
great

If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

Category:
How True!

The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world. – Rutherford B. Hayes

Category:
Society

Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth. – Francesca Lia Block

Category:
Attitude