John Adams Quotes about Democracy

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That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the world.

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the world.

John Adams

People, Democracy, Desire

John Adams (2015). “The Works of John Adams Vol. 6: Defence of the Constitution IV, Discourses on Davila”, p.43, Jazzybee Verlag

Shall we have recourse to the art of printing? But this has not destroyed property or aristocracy or corporations or paper wealth in England or America, or diminished the influence of either; on the contrary, it has multiplied aristocracy and diminished democracy.

John Adams

Art, America, Democracy

John Adams (2001). “The Political Writings of John Adams”, p.432, Regnery Publishing

It is much easier to pull down a government, in such a conjuncture of affairs as we have seen, than to build up, at such a season as the present.

John Adams

Government, Democracy, Affair

John Adams (2016). “Papers of John Adams, Volume 18: December 1785 - January 1787”, p.539, Harvard University Press