John Adams Quotes No good government but what is republican

• 'No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'
• The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations ... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.
• 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.
• All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.
• A native American who cannot read or write is as rare an appearance...as a comet or an earthquake.

                                                                                                                                                                                               John Adams