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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

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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Power always thinks… that it is doing Gods service when it is violating all his laws. – John Adams

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God
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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? – John Adams

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Service
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Other Quotes from
Fear
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Only a fool does not fear actors, but you cant beat them, and if you cant beat them, join them, as they say. As Ive got older Ive become very interested in that part of the work. – Lars von Trier

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Fear

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And thats my one fear: that everything has happened nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again… the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul. – J. G. Ballard

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Fear

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear. – Ovid

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Fear

Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. – Francis Beaumont

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Fear

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I didnt always want to be a dad. – Liam Gallagher

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It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud which shone with a lurid light, like monstrous heaps of copper that had been heated in a furnace, and were growing cold. – Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter XLII

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Sky & Clouds

We all remember where we were and we all remember what we were doing. I had a brother in New York, an uncle, lots of friends in New York. It made me angry, it made me sad what could I do. – Timothy Bottoms

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sad

Im really not interested in other peoples opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts. – H. G. Bissinger

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Society