Quote by John Adams
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I

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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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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Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. – 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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Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. – Bob Dylan

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Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. – Benjamin Carson

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Freedom is mans capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves. – Rollo May

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