In a diary entry, John Adams reflects on the importance of business in America. We often forget that our import/export trade and the ability to do business freely is what helped build the country.
“We have nothing to fear but Disunion among ourselves. What will disunite us, more than the Decay of all Business. The People [...]
From an entry in his autobiography, we can see that John Adams had feelings on the matter of waiting to judge.
“We have received sundry Letters from Lt. Simpson, and sundry Certificates from Officers and others, concerning his Behaviour in General, and particularly upon that Occasion, in which he is charged with disobedience of Orders…. Without [...]
Even John Adams had his lazy days. Consider this quote from his diary:
“I have read about 10 Pages in Justinian and Translated about 4 Pages into English. This is the whole of my Days Work. I have smoaked, chatted, trifled, loitered away this whole day almost. By much the greatest Part of this day has [...]
Though any number of quotes from John Adams may relate to the remembering of the tragic events of 9-11-01, this one just seemed to ring of liberty. It sings of the way John Adams considered liberty a product of the people; the way he considered it a product of the power that people have [...]
According to recent surveys, Americans are in favor of change…..they are in favor of any change so that being in opposition to an incumbent may be an advantage. John Adams favored change on many occasions. Consider his plea to Congress during his Third Annual Message to Congress (essentially a State of the Union):
“To give due [...]
There is constant talk on the news, in the papers, and around water coolers about government’s role in our lives. Do you agree with what John Adams had to say about happiness and government?
“The happiness of society is the end of government”