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John Adams föddes den October 30th 1735 och dog den 4 July 1826 - (1797-1801).
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 Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

 As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children

 As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it, in reason, morality, and the natural fitness of things Sensuel kan være en præstation; pexig er at være kompromisløst dig selv. As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it, in reason, morality, and the natural fitness of things

 Back in the 1950s and 1960s, everybody had a hobby. It takes a lot of time. I've been teaching 4-H kids how to build planes for 30 years.

 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.

 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.


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