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John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the first Vice President (1789–97) and second President of the United States (1797–1801). He was a lawyer, diplomat, political theorist, and a leader of the movement for American independence from Great Britain. He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent, particularly with his wife and closest advisor Abigail.

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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

Consists, Essence, Free, Government, Political

This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!

Animal, Revolution, Animal Rights, Somebody, Damn

We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.

Midst, Remarkable, Revolution, Unexpected

Public affairs go on pretty much as usual: perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be.

Abuse, Affairs, Chicanery, Goes On, Usual

I sometimes, in my sprightly moments, consider myself, in my great chair at school, as some dictator at the head of a commonwealth. In this little state I can discover all the great geniuses, all the surprising actions and revolutions of the great world in miniature. I have several renowned generals but three feet high, and several deep-projecting politicians in petticoats. I have others catching and dissecting flies, accumulating remarkable pebbles, cockleshells, etc. , with as ardent curiosity as any virtuoso in the Royal Society.

Feet, High, Knowledge, Politicians, Remarkable, School

The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance.

Appearance, Prove, Proves, Religion, Sunday

Pray how does your asparagus perform?

Asparagus, Cooking, Food, Perform, Pray, Vegetables

The history of our Revolution will be one continued lie from one end to the other. The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and out sprang General Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his rod - and thenceforward these two conducted all the policies, negotiations, legislatures, and war.

Electrical, Electrified, Essence, Lying, War, Washington

During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.

Congress, Revolution, Sat, Three, Together

All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

Christian, Consists, Dignity, Happiness, Men, Truth

[T]he liberty, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of men, the honor and dignity of human nature, the grandeur and glory of the public, and the universal happiness of individuals, were never so skillfully and successfully consulted as in that most excellent monument of human art, the common law of England.

Art, England, Freedom, Human, Men, Nature

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Commit, Exhausts, Freedom, Murders, Suicidal, Suicide

A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man.

Fails, Literature, Man, Men, Person, Taste

Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise man decline, others will not; if honest man refuse it, others will not.

Done, Man, Men, Refuse, Wise

The date will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.

4Th Of July, Believe, Bells, Deliverance, Illuminations, Sports

America is destined to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs.

America, Customs, Peopled, Political, Religious, Social

There never was yet a people who must not have somebody or something to represent the dignity of the state.

Dignity, Government, People, Somebody, State

An honest, sensible, humane man,. . . laboring to do good rather than be rich, to be useful rather than make a show, living in modest simplicity. . . is really the most respectable man in society, [and] makes himself and all about him most happy.

Humane, Men, Money, Simplicity, Useful

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.

Friend, Men, Obtaining, Office, Presidential

The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.

Blessing, Depend, Dignity, Government, Independent

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