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

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. – John Adams

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design
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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. – John Adams

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Country
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A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top. – James Reston

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Government

I wasnt a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadnt written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor. – Madeleine Albright

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Government

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. – Mark Twain

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Government

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume

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Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. – George Santayana

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It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace. – Anna Akhmatova

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Smiles escape from clouds above and angels ring a chorus of your love. – Daniel, @blindedpoet

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The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. – Adam Smith

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finance