Original: «But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever».
Fuente: Citado en Kirov, Blago. John Adams: Quotes & Facts. Editor Blago Kirov, 2016. ISBN 9788892577947
Fuente: Carta a Abigail Adams, 17 de julio de 1775.
John Adams: Gobierno
John Adams era segundo presidente de los Estados Unidos. Explorar las citas interesantes en gobierno..
Notas para una oración en Braintree, primavera de 1772.
Original: «There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty».
Fuente: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Editor Elizabeth M. Knowles. Colaborador Elizabeth M. Knowles. Edición revisada. Editorial Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 9780198601739. p. 3.
Original: «There is something very unnatural and odious in a government a thousand leagues off. A whole government of our own choice, managed by persons whom we love, revere, and can confide in, has charms in it for which men will fight».
Fuente: Adams, John. The Letters of John and Abigail Adams. Editor Simon and Schuster, 2012. ISBN 9781625584427.
Fuente: Carta a Abigail Adams, 17 de mayo de 1776.
Original: «Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure than they have it now, They may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. They will only exchange Tyrants and Tyrannies».
Fuente: Adams, John. The Works of John Adams Vol. 9: Letters and State Papers 1799 - 1811. Editorial Jazzybee Verlag, 2015. ISBN 9783849648251.
Fuente: Carta a Zabdiel Adams, 21 de junio de 1776.
Original: «The highest, the transcendent glory of the American Revolution was this—it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the precepts of Christianity».
Fuente: Aikman, David. One Nation without God?: The Battle for Christianity in an Age of Unbelief. Editorial Baker Books, 2012. ISBN 9781441235848. https://books.google.es/books?id=vovlWkHq56cC&pg=PT52&dq=The+highest,+the+transcendent+glory+of+the+American+Revolution+was+this%E2%80%94it+connected,+in+one+indissoluble+bond,+the+principles+of+civil+government+with+the+precepts+of+Christianity.+I&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf3YzK2uXfAhUJ_BQKHfFkDfMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20highest%2C%20the%20transcendent%20glory%20of%20the%20American%20Revolution%20was%20this%E2%80%94it%20connected%2C%20in%20one%20indissoluble%20bond%2C%20the%20principles%20of%20civil%20government%20with%20the%20precepts%20of%20Christianity.%20I&f=false