Best quotes by John Adams on Power

Checkout quotes by John Adams on Power

• ‟ Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

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• ‟ Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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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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• ‟ Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

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• ‟ Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

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