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The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks

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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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams

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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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Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. – John Adams

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The more we have the less we own. – Meister Eckhart

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So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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