But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence,…

John Adams
86 citations
But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe. ✨ Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784, p.140, UPNE
Hope Reading
25

More Author Quotes

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. ✨ John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson (1959). The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence … ▶
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. ✨ Letter from John Adams to John Taylor, 15 Apr. 1814
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ✨ John Adams (1856). The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, p.474
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. ✨ John Adams (2001). The Political Writings of John Adams, p.361, Regnery Publishing
If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle ✨ John Adams, Benjamin Rush (1892). Old Family Letters: Copied from the O … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes