Tag: John Adams
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J. Hector St. John on What Is An American
“In this great American asylum [haven], the poor of Europe have by some means met together, and in consequence of various causes.” (J. HECTOR ST. JOHN DE CRÈVEŒUR, LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER) “What then is the American, this new man? . . . He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient…
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John Adams Letter to John Taylor: “Remember, democracy never lasts long”
“Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.” JOHN ADAMS (FIRST VPOTUS AND SECOND POTUS) LETTER TO JOHN TAYLOR, 17 DECEMBER 1814. “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Benjamin Franklin was asked supposedly, as he left…
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John Adams Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade: Constitution, Morality and Religion
John Adams states, ‘the American Constitution is meant for a religious and moral people,’ which is distinctly different from the claim that ‘America is a Christian nation.’ The full context of the oft quoted passage makes this abundantly clear. John Adams abhorred slavery. The conception of a race-based U.S. republic — built on the slavish…
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John Adams on Religion in the United States, Quakers, Jesuitism, and Machiavellianism
The words of John Adams, second President of the United States (1797–1801) and the first Vice President (1789–97) on Religion in the United States, Quakers, Jesuitism, and Machiavellianism. “The substance and essence of Christianity, as I understand it, is eternal and unchangeable, and will bear examination forever, but it has been mixed with extraneous ingredients,…
The American Minervan 