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3730640	Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write .	think read knowledge	John Adams
4bf8bd4	As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,--as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],--and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Mohammedan] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruptio..	christian-religion united-states-government separation-of-church-and-state	John Adams
6938f59	There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.	politics political-parties dread	John Adams
2e2dc83	I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! With the rational respect that is due to it, knavish priests have added prostitutions of it, that fill or might fill the blackest and bloodiest pages of human history. { ]	grief bloody religious-violence priests cross jefferson thomas-jefferson	John Adams
576c7b7	I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.	scope-of-government separation-of-powers	John Adams
845e941	It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men... and modern nations, in the consecrations of kings, and in several superstitious chimeras of divine rights in princes and nobles, are nearly unanimous in preserving remnants of it... Is the jealousy of power, and the envy of superiority, so strong in all men, that no considerations of public or private utility ..	mankind influence discovery politics reason science happiness philosophy artifice constitution divine-right expectation holy-water jefferson paine secular secular-government thomas-jefferson thomas-paine laws invention rights government divinity superstition	John Adams
9d4d953	We think ourselves possessed, or at least we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we from these exalted privileges in fact. There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny, or to doubt the divine inspiration of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, from Genesis to Reve..	charles-francois-dupuis christian-world divine-inspiration dupuis examination massachusetts new-testament recherches-nouvelles religious-violence stake volney blasphemy intolerance old-testament revelations england europe genesis persecution	John Adams
f749194	You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.		John Adams
e6d3d72	Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. Read over again all the accounts we have of Hindoos, Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, we shall find that priests had all the knowledge, and really governed all mankind. Examine Mahometanism, trace Christianity from its first promulgation; knowledge has been almost exclusively c..	chaldeans persians priesthood protestant sect teutons clergy romans hindu reformation hinduism greeks priests monopoly science-vs-religion muslim islam knowledge	John Adams
926aba8	The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one, to whomsoever it falls, and our John has been too much worn to contend much longer with conflicting factions. I call him our John, because, when you were at the Cul de sac at Paris, he appeared to me to be almost as much your boy as mine. ...As to the decision of your author, though I wish to see the book..	science university-of-virginia blasphemy confessions-of-faith creeds episcopal flourens herschel jean-pierre-flourens liberal-science matter-and-spirit presbyterian virginia william-herschel judaism golden-rule europeans belief jefferson thomas-jefferson jews isaac-newton newton	John Adams
60843b4	A pleasant morning. Saw my classmates Gardner, and Wheeler. Wheeler dined, spent the afternoon, and drank Tea with me. Supped at Major Gardiners, and engag'd to keep School at Bristol, provided Worcester People, at their ensuing March meeting, should change this into a moving School, not otherwise. Major Greene this Evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and Satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the Argument he advanced ..	argument cover divinity-of-jesus excuse infinite mystery hell	John Adams
d286aa0	This society [Jesuits] has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or 's despotism or ideology. It has obstructed the progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally. { }	history despotism napoleon napoleon-bonaparte jesuits french-revolution jefferson thomas-jefferson	John Adams
c2d6d63	Twenty times in the course of my late reading have I been on the point of breaking out, 'This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!!!		John Adams
7b827f3	Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion? { }	roman-catholic jefferson thomas-jefferson	John Adams
5f4e1d0	We think ourselves possessed, or, at least, we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects, and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we from these exalted privileges in fact!		John Adams
ef5e17f	I am bold to Say that neither you nor I, will live to See the Course which 'the Wonders of the Times' will take. Many Years, and perhaps Centuries must pass, before the current will acquire a Settled direction... yet , , Hindoo, and cabalistic Christianity, . Yet so strong is his constitution, that he may endure for centuries before he expires. { }	future death-blow mortal-wound platonic pythagoras pythagoric hindu plato hinduism jefferson thomas-jefferson monster	John Adams
da4baf9	Independence Day] will be the most memorable Epocha, 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 Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the ot..		John Adams
7270cb9	It may amuse you to hear a Story. A few days ago, in Company with Dr Zubly, somebody said, there was nobody on our side but the Almighty. The Dr. who is a Native of Switzerland, and speaks but broken English, quickly replied 'Dat is enough.		John Adams
1b4284b	an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not h..		John Adams
694f043	It is folly to anticipate evils, and madness to create imaginary ones.		John Adams
30d78a5	There is, in the human Breast, a social Affection, which extends to our whole Species.		John Adams
58d283b	I agree with you that in politics the middle way is none at all.		John Adams
b49e07d	Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.		John Adams
eb905d3	A government of laws, and not of men.		John Adams
a68614d	When annual elections end, there slavery begins.		John Adams
41f5a9a	Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.		John Adams
ee2724e	Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.		John Adams
19e443a	What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?		John Adams
f706799	I had heard my father say that he never knew a piece of land run away or break.		John Adams
cf38d01	Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.		John Adams
768dec6	You and I ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other.		John Adams
5bb189f	Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?		John Adams
f57a28b	Thomas -- Jefferson -- still surv --		John Adams

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write .

John Adams

4bf8bd4

As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,--as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],--and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Mohammedan] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruptio..

christian-religion united-states-government separation-of-church-and-state

John Adams

6938f59

There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.

politics political-parties dread

John Adams

2e2dc83

I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! With the rational respect that is due to it, knavish priests have added prostitutions of it, that fill or might fill the blackest and bloodiest pages of human history. { ]

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John Adams

576c7b7

I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.

scope-of-government separation-of-powers

John Adams

845e941

It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men... and modern nations, in the consecrations of kings, and in several superstitious chimeras of divine rights in princes and nobles, are nearly unanimous in preserving remnants of it... Is the jealousy of power, and the envy of superiority, so strong in all men, that no considerations of public or private utility ..

mankind influence discovery politics reason science happiness philosophy artifice constitution divine-right expectation holy-water jefferson paine secular secular-government thomas-jefferson thomas-paine laws invention rights government divinity superstition

John Adams

9d4d953

We think ourselves possessed, or at least we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we from these exalted privileges in fact. There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny, or to doubt the divine inspiration of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, from Genesis to Reve..

charles-francois-dupuis christian-world divine-inspiration dupuis examination massachusetts new-testament recherches-nouvelles religious-violence stake volney blasphemy intolerance old-testament revelations england europe genesis persecution

John Adams

f749194

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.

John Adams

e6d3d72

Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. Read over again all the accounts we have of Hindoos, Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, we shall find that priests had all the knowledge, and really governed all mankind. Examine Mahometanism, trace Christianity from its first promulgation; knowledge has been almost exclusively c..

chaldeans persians priesthood protestant sect teutons clergy romans hindu reformation hinduism greeks priests monopoly science-vs-religion muslim islam knowledge

John Adams

926aba8

The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one, to whomsoever it falls, and our John has been too much worn to contend much longer with conflicting factions. I call him our John, because, when you were at the Cul de sac at Paris, he appeared to me to be almost as much your boy as mine. ...As to the decision of your author, though I wish to see the book..

science university-of-virginia blasphemy confessions-of-faith creeds episcopal flourens herschel jean-pierre-flourens liberal-science matter-and-spirit presbyterian virginia william-herschel judaism golden-rule europeans belief jefferson thomas-jefferson jews isaac-newton newton

John Adams

60843b4

A pleasant morning. Saw my classmates Gardner, and Wheeler. Wheeler dined, spent the afternoon, and drank Tea with me. Supped at Major Gardiners, and engag'd to keep School at Bristol, provided Worcester People, at their ensuing March meeting, should change this into a moving School, not otherwise. Major Greene this Evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and Satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the Argument he advanced ..

argument cover divinity-of-jesus excuse infinite mystery hell

John Adams

d286aa0

This society [Jesuits] has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or 's despotism or ideology. It has obstructed the progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally. { }

history despotism napoleon napoleon-bonaparte jesuits french-revolution jefferson thomas-jefferson

John Adams

c2d6d63

Twenty times in the course of my late reading have I been on the point of breaking out, 'This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!!!

John Adams

7b827f3

Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion? { }

roman-catholic jefferson thomas-jefferson

John Adams

5f4e1d0

We think ourselves possessed, or, at least, we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects, and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we from these exalted privileges in fact!

John Adams

ef5e17f

I am bold to Say that neither you nor I, will live to See the Course which 'the Wonders of the Times' will take. Many Years, and perhaps Centuries must pass, before the current will acquire a Settled direction... yet , , Hindoo, and cabalistic Christianity, . Yet so strong is his constitution, that he may endure for centuries before he expires. { }

future death-blow mortal-wound platonic pythagoras pythagoric hindu plato hinduism jefferson thomas-jefferson monster

John Adams

da4baf9

Independence Day] will be the most memorable Epocha, 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 Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the ot..

John  Adams

7270cb9

It may amuse you to hear a Story. A few days ago, in Company with Dr Zubly, somebody said, there was nobody on our side but the Almighty. The Dr. who is a Native of Switzerland, and speaks but broken English, quickly replied 'Dat is enough.

John Adams

1b4284b

an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not h..