John Adams Quotes

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

[A] well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program or an individual law which contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals.

Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government.

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues.

I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.

More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion.

As a Jew reading about Jesus, I thought, 'He's a pretty good guy.' It's the same conclusion Monty Python drew in 'Life of Brian' - if people actually live what he did, it would be a pretty good world. But Jesus and Christianity have a tenuous relationship at best.

Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule.

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

Capitalism without Judaism, Christianity, or some other moral basis is just pure greed.

Men say that I am a saint losing myself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to be a saint.

Christian attitudes are still important in a society even if they are no longer connected with belief.

Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours …. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.

One man's religion neither harms nor helps another man.

Humility is of central importance; I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.

Where I think people are being offensive to religion in this country - whichever religion that might be, but particularly the one I and many other Christians subscribe to - well, we will just call it out, and we will demand the same respect that people should provide to all religions.

I'm not afraid to say 'Jesus Christ,' and I'm not afraid to speak of those who worship him. After all, Jesus preached about love.

Politics moves upward into ethics, and ethics ascends to theology.

John Adams, second president of the United States, wrote that our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. George Washington warned us never to indulge the supposition 'that morality can be maintained without religion.'

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.