John Adams Quotes about Independence

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Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.

Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.

John Adams

Moving, Soul, Independence

John Adams, Daniel LEONARD, Jonathan SEWALL (1819). “Novanglus and Massachusettensis; or, political essays, published in ... 1774 and 1775, on the principal points of controversy, between Great Britain and her colonies; the former by John Adams ... the latter by Jonathan Sewall [or rather, Daniel Leonard] ... To which are added a number of letters lately written by President Adams to the Hon. William Tudor, etc”, p.25

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

John Adams

Political, Independence, Glory

John Adams (2016). “John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826”, p.652, Library of America

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity

John Adams

Father, Independence, Principles

John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.45