- God considered not action, but the spirit of the action.
It is the intention, not the deed, wherein the merit or praise of the doer consists.... - The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is
the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
Lord Acton (1834-1902)... - Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands.
Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. -- Abigail Adams (1744-1818)... - If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
- A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence ends.
-- Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) "The Education of Henry Adams" (1907)... - Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
-- Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) "The Degradation of the Democratic Dogma... - The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other
purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved.
One can trust nobody and nothing. -- Henry Brooks Adams (1838... - The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more
importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the
country.
John Adams (1735-1826) 2nd US Pre... - 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?
John Adams (1735-1826)...
