John Adams

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, read more

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced read more

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.

Thomas Jefferson still survives.

Thomas Jefferson still survives.

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated read more

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world

Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.

Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.