#be

The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win. ↗

— Joey Adams

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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. ↗

— John Adams

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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. ↗

— John Adams

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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. ↗

— John Adams

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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. ↗

— John Adams

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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. ↗

— John Adams

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Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. ↗

— John Adams

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

— John Adams

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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. ↗

— Richard Adams

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Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best. ↗

— Maude Adams

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