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Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of youth should be accommodated to that form of government under which they live; forasmuch as it makes exceedingly for the preservation of the present government, whatsoever it be.
— John Adams A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Akashic U.S. Presidents Series
Tags: liberty, education, aristotle

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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
— John Adams
Tags: may, mathematics, philosophy, must, liberty, war, politics
I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
— John Adams
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Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.
— John Adams
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Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
— John Adams
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