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«What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels, condemned as spurious by the bull of Pope Gelasius? Where are the forty wagon-loads of Hebrew manuscripts burned in France, by order of another p»
«The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
declaration, Declaration of, Declaration of Independence, Jefferson, ran, theatrical, theatricals, The Declaration of Independence
«As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it, in reason, morality, and the natural fitness of things»
«Where annual elections end, there slavery begins»
«Now, my friend, can prophecies or miracles convince you or me that infinite benevolence, wisdom, and power, created, and preserves for a time innumerable millions, to make them miserable forever, for his own glory? Wretch! What is his glory? Is he»
«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.»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
Government,
Science
| Keywords:
advanced, practiced, sciences, standstill
«The question before the human race is whether the God of nature shall govern the world by His own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles»
«Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all His laws»
«Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.»
«When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.»
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