Quote by John Adams
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to stu

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams

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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams

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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. – John Adams

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power
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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

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What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. – Marlene Dietrich

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Good fathers make good sons. – Author Unknown

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One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. – George Herbert

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I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process. – Edward James Olmos

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