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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I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had opportunity to deliberate on the consequences of their publication; after which time, I submit them to your wisdom. – 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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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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The financial reward is great and I love the life I have, but all money makes possible is for you to stop worrying about money. Then you have freedom to live your life. – Paul Stanley

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A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom… right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they dont personally approve of. – Neal Boortz

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Too much freedom can lead to the souls decay. – Prince

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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes. – E. M. Forster

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I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting – walled-in – I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. Its not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard. – Jennifer Aniston

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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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