![]() ![]() ![]() John Adams, A Defense of the American Constitutions, 1787 “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.” My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.” “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right … and a desire to know.” “The Spirit that prevails among Men of all degrees, all ages and sexes is the Spirit of Liberty.” “The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern.
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