John Adams Quote:

[valiant4thetruth]

John Adams Said :Ideology = an organized collection of seductive hopes and wishes ,a systematic way of going wrong with confidence.

[valiant4thetruth]

This seems like a great quote to re circulate,Hope and Change you can believe in.

[americanophile]

This from a man who spent his entire life in the service of establishing a free, independent, and representative American republic.

[traderrob6]

Don’t you think Ronald Reagan had an ideology? One I happened to agree with almost 100% time.

[cbkaty]

Don’t you think Ronald Reagan had an ideology?

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

------------John Adams

[cbkaty]

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

------------John Adams

[Dan Middleton]

What is the source of this quote, and what is it exactly? I like it, but I can’t find it anywhere else.

[Borges]

Ideology is any fixed set of beliefs. Everyone has one.

[valiant4thetruth]

I humbly apologize as i went back to check my source

I was reading late last night Passionate Sage By Joseph Ellis

pg. 172 The word Ideology was in quotes ,the quote came from Ellis

Here is Adams quote:

John Adams to Thomas Jefferson
13 July 1813Cappon 2:354—55

The first time, that you and I differed in Opinion on any material Question; was after your Arrival from Europe; and that point was the french Revolution.

You was well persuaded in your own mind that the Nation would succeed in establishing a free Republican Government: I was as well persuaded, in mine, that a project of such a Government, over five and twenty millions people, when four and twenty millions and five hundred thousands of them could neither write nor read: was as unnatural irrational and impracticable; as it would be over the Elephants Lions Tigers Panthers Wolves and Bears in the Royal Menagerie, at Versailles. Napoleon has lately invented a Word, which perfectly expresses my Opinion at that time and ever since. He calls the Project Ideology. And John Randolph, tho he was 14 years ago, as wild an Enthusiast for Equality and Fraternity, as any of them; appears to be now a regenerated Proselite to Napoleons Opinion and mine, that it was all madness.

The word came out of the french revolution it appears

http://www.culturaleconomics.atfreeweb.com/Anno/Cranston%20Ideology%20EB%202003.htm

Again i am sorry and i appreciate the vigilance of the people here.

[Nosterrex]

As much as I respect John Adams, his comments on ideology are nonsensical. Adams was one of the biggest ideologues in American history. He was such an ideologue that he almost cost us the support of France. We all hold to absolute ideologies.

[cbkaty]

Ideology is any fixed set of beliefs. Everyone has one.

Yes...and words mean things....

Say what you mean...which is contrary to the democratic party....example: ‘‘America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009’’

This is BS.....the words do not describe the plan...it's that simple....and the dem followers are simple...it's that simple.