I am reading a great book, John Adams by David McCullough. In it are some great quotes by President Adams. He was truly a great man who thought in the highest of categories. Enjoy some of his thoughts.
"Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order safety, good and happiness of the people."
"The preservation of liberty depends upon the intellectual and moral character of the people."
"Ambition is one of the more ungovernable passions of the human heart."
"Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public."
"Great necessities call out great virtues."
"When a mind is raised and animated by senses that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman."
We need more leaders who think in these categories?
2 comments:
Thanks for the nice quotes. I love it
I have a whole collection of them under the label, The Great Quotes Collection. I love them too!
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