John Adams Government Quotes

What did John Adams say about Government?

John Adams has written many quotes about Government. E.g.,

• Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
• 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.
• The happiness of society is the end of government.

What are the top most famous Government quotes by John Adams?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Government by John Adams.

• Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
• 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.
• The happiness of society is the end of government.
• A government of laws, and not of men.
• 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.
• The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.