John Adams http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com Current Events | In His Own Words | If He Blogged... Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:38:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en John Adams on Military, War, and Service http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566337/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/09/john-adams-on-military-war-and-service/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:03:15 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/09/john-adams-on-military-war-and-service/ With the approach of veterans day, this quote just seemed right:

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. 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. “

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/09/john-adams-on-military-war-and-service/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/11/09/john-adams-on-military-war-and-service/ John Adams on free trade and business… http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566338/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/23/john-adams-on-free-trade-and-business/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:35:56 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/23/john-adams-on-free-trade-and-business/ 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 will feel, and will say that Congress tax them and oppress them worse than Parliament.”

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/23/john-adams-on-free-trade-and-business/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/23/john-adams-on-free-trade-and-business/ John Adams on Innocence Until Proven Guilty http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566339/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/19/john-adams-on-innocence-until-proven-guilty/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:34:39 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/19/john-adams-on-innocence-until-proven-guilty/ 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 giving or forming any decided Opinion concerning his guilt or innocence of the Crime laid to his charge, We may venture to say that the Certificates We have received are very favourable to his Character, and at least afford reason to hope, that he did not mean to disobey his orders.”

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/19/john-adams-on-innocence-until-proven-guilty/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/19/john-adams-on-innocence-until-proven-guilty/ Lazy Sunday’s with John Adams http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566340/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/17/lazy-sundays-with-john-adams/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:51:08 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/17/lazy-sundays-with-john-adams/ 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 been spent, in unloading a Cart, in cutting oven Wood, in making and recruiting my own fire, in eating nuts and apples, in drinking ”

If only Adams had the NFL

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/17/lazy-sundays-with-john-adams/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/17/lazy-sundays-with-john-adams/ A Day Late, But Still Remembering 9-11 with John Adams http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566341/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/12/a-day-late-but-still-remembering-9-11-with-john-adams/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:57:27 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/12/a-day-late-but-still-remembering-9-11-with-john-adams/ 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 when they work together.

“Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.”

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/12/a-day-late-but-still-remembering-9-11-with-john-adams/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/12/a-day-late-but-still-remembering-9-11-with-john-adams/ The Chaning of Things… http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566342/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/04/the-chaning-of-things/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:17:04 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/04/the-chaning-of-things/ 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 effect to the civil administration of Government and to insure a just execution of the laws, a revision and amendment of the judiciary system is indispensably necessary. In this extensive country it can not but happen that numerous questions respecting the interpretation of the laws and the rights and duties of officers and citizens must arise. On the one hand, the laws should be executed; on the other, individuals should be guarded from oppression. Neither of these objects is sufficiently assured under the present organization of the judicial department. I therefore earnestly recommend the subject to your serious consideration. ”

What do you think?

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/04/the-chaning-of-things/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/04/the-chaning-of-things/ On Happiness and the Role of Government… http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566343/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/03/on-happiness-and-the-role-of-government/#comments Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:05:15 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/03/on-happiness-and-the-role-of-government/ 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”

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/03/on-happiness-and-the-role-of-government/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/09/03/on-happiness-and-the-role-of-government/ On Service… http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566345/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/31/on-service/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:56:01 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/31/on-service/ This week, in Indiana, two police officers who were killed during a charity bicycle ride were laid to rest. This is a bit self-service as one was a relative of mine, but nonetheless, John Adams did have somethign to say about service to man:

“If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?”

It seemed pertinent and it seemed right.

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/31/on-service/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/31/on-service/ On Change… http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566346/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/26/on-change/#comments Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:47:28 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/26/on-change/ The news is seemingly the same every day, so today I just want to reflect on what John Adams said about change.

“All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are
attended with great dangers and uncertain effects.”

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/26/on-change/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/26/on-change/ War, Conflict, and Politics http://feeds.worldhistoryblogs.com/~r/whbn/JohnAdams/~3/144566347/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/22/war-conflict-and-politics/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:01:00 +0000 Kyle Dudley http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/22/war-conflict-and-politics/ The United Nations approved force in Lebonan with a newly drafted “rules of engagement.” It seemed appropriate to take a look at how John Adams connected politics and conflict:
“The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other
sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation
ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts.
I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study
mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and
philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture,
navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children
a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary,
tapestry and porcelain.”

]]> http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/22/war-conflict-and-politics/feed/ http://johnadams.worldhistoryblogs.com/2006/08/22/war-conflict-and-politics/