Presidential Quotes: John Adams

 An ongoing series on my favorite quotes from almost all the US Presidents.

John Adams, 2nd US President

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

“There is nothing I dread so much as the 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.”

“But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”

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

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.”

“The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.”

“The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.”

“We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!”