The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.
John AdamsI have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen.
John AdamsThe people "have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge- I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers."
John AdamsThe Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.
John Adams