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Have you ever found in history, one single example of a nation, thoroughly corrupted, that was afterwards restored to virtue? And without virtue there can be no political liberty.
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I shall have liberty to think for myself without molesting others or being molested myself.
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It's of more importance to community that innocence should be protected than it is that guilt should be punished
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It has been long, very long, a settled opinion in my mind, that there is now, never will be, and never was but one being who can understand the universe.
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In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never be expected; they will either be made by the member to plunder the few who are rich, or by the influence to fleece the many who are poor.
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A militia law, requiring all men, or with very few exceptions besides cases of conscience, to be provided with arms and ammunition... is always a wise institution, and, in the present circumstances of our country, indispensable.
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Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.
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Born:
October 30, 1735
Died:
July 4, 1826
(aged 90)
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John Adams was an American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the second President of the United States, the first Vice President, and as a Founding Father was a leader of American independence from Great Britain.
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