Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.

John Quincy Adams

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Demography Political theory

Author

John Quincy Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1822 1820s 19th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. Letter to James Lloyd. 1 Oct. 1822.

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We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

John Adams

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Morality and politics Political theory American experiment

Author

John Adams
Source
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Medium
Letter
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
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