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Fear is the foundation of most governments. - John Adams

Fear is the foundation of most governments. – John Adams

Other quotes by John Adams

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. – John Adams

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Freedom
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John Adams
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The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. – John Adams

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Property
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John Adams
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Other Quotes from
Fear
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If you want to conquer fear, dont sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie

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Fear

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it. – Gregory Bateson

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Fear

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way thats not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that weve not engaged in. – Eric Holder

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Fear

Somehow we cant live outside the politics of race. Theres something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other. – Anna Deavere Smith

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Fear

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Art and works of art do not make an artist sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything. – Benjamin Disraeli

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I saw rock n roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. – Jon Landau

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