Logo
Quote by John Adams
Fear is the foundation of most government. - John Adams

Fear is the foundation of most government. – John Adams

Other quotes by John Adams

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. – John Adams

Category:
Men
Author
John Adams
Read Quote

I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof! – John Adams

Category:
Random
Author
John Adams
Read Quote

Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams

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

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. – Drew Carey

Category:
Government

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it. – Martin Sheen

Category:
Government

If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. – Tommy Franks

Category:
Government

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion. – Cliff Stearns

Category:
legal

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. – Jimi Hendrix

Category:
Imagination

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. – Anatole France

Category:
work

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. – Richard M. Nixon

Category:
History