I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and … - John Adams

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Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.

John Adams

I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and other practicalities, so that their children can study painting, poetry and other fine things.

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The only thing most people do better than anyone else is read their own handwriting.

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It will be celebrated. . . with pomp and parade. . . bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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We may please ourselves with the prospect of free and popular governments. But there is great danger that those governments will not make us happy. God grant they may. But I fear that in every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls.

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We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.

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Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.

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But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.

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Religion is a practical discipline and in the 17th century in the West, we turned it onto a head trip. But it's like dancing, or swimming, or driving, which you can't learn by texts. You have to get into the car and learn how to manipulate the vehicle.

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