Quote by John Adams
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. – John Adams

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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. – John Adams

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

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Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. – Albert Camus

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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? – Blaise Pascal

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Its our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people. – Carrot Top

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