The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth. — John Quincy Adams

This is the last of earth! I am content. — John Quincy Adams

The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth. — John Quincy Adams

It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light. — John Quincy Adams

Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found. — John Quincy Adams

Death fixes forever the relation existing between the departed spirit and the survivors upon earth. — John Quincy Adams

America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own. — John Quincy Adams

The freedom of the press should be inviolate. — John Quincy Adams

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. — John Quincy Adams

Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America’s heart, her benedictions and her prayers. — John Quincy Adams

America… goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well–wisher to the freedom and independence of all. — John Quincy Adams

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom. — John Quincy Adams

This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle peace in Freedom’s hallowed shade. — John Quincy Adams

The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy. — John Quincy Adams

The law is an artificial human construct, quite arbitrary, and of absolutely no use anywhere else but in a court of law! — John Quincy Adams

The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear. — John Quincy Adams

The Law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code. — John Quincy Adams

Law logic––an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere else. — John Quincy Adams

I told him that I thought it was law logic–an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in Courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere else. — John Quincy Adams

From the day of the Declaration…they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledge as the rules of their conduct. — John Quincy Adams

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak and that it is doing god’s service when it is violating all his laws. — John Quincy Adams

Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Quincy Adams

Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone. — John Quincy Adams

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone. — John Quincy Adams

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. — John Quincy Adams

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. she is the well–wisher to freedom and independence of all. she is the champion and vindicator only of her own. — John Quincy Adams

But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow… Like a Coach and six–the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. — John Quincy Adams

America, with the same voice which spoke herself into existence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishable rights of human nature, and the only lawful foundations of government. — John Quincy Adams

I believe in the] rebuilding of Judea as an independent nation. — John Quincy Adams

Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Saviour? — John Quincy Adams

Whether to the nation or to the state, no service can be or ever will be rendered by a more able or a more faithful public servant. — John Quincy Adams

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not. — John Quincy Adams

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. — John Quincy Adams

The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency. — John Quincy Adams

The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality. — John Quincy Adams

The mere title of lawyer is sufficient to deprive a man of the public confidence. … The most innocent and irreproachable life cannot guard a lawyer against the hatred of his fellow citizens. — John Quincy Adams

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is … the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence. — John Quincy Adams

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ. — John Quincy Adams

Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong. — John Quincy Adams

From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future. — John Quincy Adams

The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short–lived. — John Quincy Adams

Among the sentiments of most powerful operation upon the human heart, and most highly honorable to the human character, are those of veneration for our forefathers and of love for our posterity. — John Quincy Adams

The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community… that in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self–love and social may be made the same. — John Quincy Adams

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do. — John Quincy Adams