John+Adams


 * [[image:christianheritage/johnadams.png]] || ====**Quote about God or the Bible:** ====

==== "Suppose a nation in some distant Region should take the BIBLE for their only law Book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God… What a Utopia, what a Paradise would this region be." ==== ||  **//society's demands for moral authority //**  **//and character increase //**  **//as the importance of the position increases. //** || = Life Overview: = Born: October 30, 1735, in Braintree (now in Quincy), Massachusetts... A man of compassion and intellect, John Adams tried to keep the office of president apolitical, ceding leadership of his party to others, but left himself open to criticism from both parties. As war heated up in Europe, Adams' inclination was to keep the United States neutral. After being defeated for reelection, Adams retired to Massachusetts and his beloved wife Abigail -- their wide ranging correspondence while he was away from home details a love between equals. His correspondence with Jefferson reveals a rivalry within a friendship; Adams' dying words were "Thomas Jefferson survives" -- although his successor had in fact died just hours earlier... Died: July 4, 1826. || US Presidents Home Page
 * ~  **//Because power corrupts, //**

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[] [] [|http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_adams.html#ixzz1nzzt6pik]  **//Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. //** [] Bible Quote: Christian Heritage Center //(The Crown College of the Bible)// http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/the-presidents