The Church of Rome has made it an article of faith that no man can be saved out of their church, and all other religious sects approach this dreadful opinion in proportion to their ignorance, and the influence of ignorant or wicked priests.
John AdamsHuman government is more or less perfect as it approaches nearer or diverges farther from the imitation of this perfect plan of divine and moral government.
John AdamsOur Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
John AdamsThe education here intended in not merely that of the children of the rich and noble, but of every rank and class of people, down to the lowest and the poorest. It is not too much to say that schools for the education of all should be placed at convenient distances, and maintained at the public expense.
John Adams