John Adams
John Adams, second president of the United States of America
Friday, November 23, 2007
The happiness of society is the end of government
Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and moral philosophers will agree that the happiness of the individual is the end of man. From this principle it will follow, that the form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best.
John Adams
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People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity
People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity
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John Adams on the White House
Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.
John Adams, November 1, 1800, in a letter written from the White House
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John Adams on the vice presidency
My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.
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