John Adams Quote

"When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking, or thinking,
I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing
now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years
after you and I shall write and speak no more."

by:	John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President
Source:	letter to Thomas Jefferson, 15 July 1817, Ref: The Yale Book of Quotations, 2006
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Categories:	Constitution, Freedom, Individual Rights, Truth, Liberty, Civil Rights
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-- Anonymous
VERY insightful. Freedom is an ideal we are still endeavoring to reach.  -- E Archer, NYC
The first freedom of speech is the freedom from speech, in other words, you don't have to say anything.  -- Joe, Rochester, MI
Very pessimistic, and yet... it does seem that he speaks of a goal that we have yet to reach today...  -- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
It sounds like what a free man could say today, contemprary to the prejudicial universities' book burnings.  -- Mike, Norwalk
Define freedom of expression. Does it mean the freedom to express anything at all? I hope not.  -- David L. Rosenthal, Hollywood
-- Fried Doo, Nashville

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