John Adams Quotes

I thought I would share with you some great quotes I like from one of our founding fathers and second president of the United States of America, John Adams.

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people”.
– John Adams

“When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.”
– John Adams

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”
– John Adams

“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– John Adams, letter to John Taylor, 1814.

 “Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.”
– John Adams

 “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”
– John Adams

 “Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
– John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, Jul. 17, 1775

“Human passions unbridled by morality and religion…would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.”
– John Adams

“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws.”
– John Adams

“Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.”
– John Adams

“Always stand on principle….even if you stand alone.”
– John Adams