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The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

John Adams
Freedom, Writing, Power
A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law (1765)

A native of America who cannot read or write is . . . as rare as a comet or an earthquake.

John Adams
Education, Writing, America

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

John Adams
Writing, Political, Politics
John Adams (2003). “The Letters of John and Abigail Adams”, p.244, Penguin

You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular; you are very much otherwise. And you can write ten times better than I can.

John Adams
Writing, Revolution, Obnoxious
John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1850). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.514

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

John Adams
Freedom, Laughter, Writing
Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 15 July 1817

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.

John Adams
Writing, Men, Idols
John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.240