"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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Government
― John Adams
More From John Adams
- "Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases."
- "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."
- "Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination – everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell."
More In Government
- "No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges."― Buenaventura Durruti
- "In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre."― George Osborne
- "If men were angels, no government would be necessary."― James Madison