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John Adams föddes den October 30th 1735 och dog den 4 July 1826 - (1797-1801).
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 Birth and wealth together have prevailed over virtue and talent in all ages

 Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws

 Borrowed eloquence, if it contains as good stuff, is as good as own eloquence

 But I fear that in every assembly members will obtain an influence by noise rather than sense, by meanness rather than greatness, and by ignorance and not learning, by contracted hearts and not large souls. There is one thing, � that must be attempted and most sacredly observed, or we are all undone. There must be decency and respect and veneration introduced for persons of every rank, or we are undone. In a popular government, this is our only way.

 But touch a solemn truth in collision with a dogma of a sect, though capable of the clearest proof, and you will find you have disturbed a nest, and the hornets will swarm about your eyes and hand, and fly into your face and eyes

 Call it then, ... the Age of Paine.

 Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest of happiness

 Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.

 Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

 Did you ever see a portrait of a great man without perceiving strong traits of pain and anxiety?

 Duncan's counsel simply cannot be prepared to try three homicide cases in such a short period of time.

 Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man and brute.

 Everyone is stable at this time. If their condition appears to weaken, they will be brought to the hospital and either fed intravenously or nose fed,

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

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


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