James Adams may refer to:
- James Adams (diplomat) (born 1932), British diplomat
- James Adams (cricketer) (born 1980), English cricketer
- James Adams (footballer born 1864) (1864–1943), Scottish footballer
- James Adams (footballer born 1896) (1896–1973), English footballer who played for Chesterfield
- James Adams (footballer born 1908) (1908–1983), English footballer who played for West Bromwich Albion
- James Adams (lawyer) (1783–1843), American lawyer and intimate friend of the Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
- James Adams (philologist) (1737–1802), English philologist
- James B. Adams (born 1926), former attorney, Texas legislator, and acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- James "Grizzly" Adams (1812–1860), American hunter, basis of a television program
- James F. Adams (1844–1922), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- James Hopkins Adams (1812–1861), American governor of South Carolina
- James Luther Adams (1901–1994), American theologian
- James Truslow Adams (1878–1949), American historian
- James Adams (Bishop of Barking) (1915–1999), fifth Bishop of Barking, 1975–1983
- James M. Adams, Jr. (born 1948), Episcopal bishop in America
- James Adams (Massachusetts politician) (1810–1880), mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
- James Barton Adams (1843–1918), cowboy poet
- James William Adams (1839–1903), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Rowe Adams, founder of the Center for Progressive Christianity
- James Adams (MP) (1752–1816), British Member of Parliament and Lord of the Admiralty
- Jim Adams (musician) (born 1967), American heavy metal guitarist
- Jim Adams (baseball) (1868–?), American baseball player
- Jim Adams (lacrosse) (born c. 1929), American college lacrosse coach
- Jim Adams (soccer) (born 1969), English soccer player
- Jimmy Adams (footballer) (born 1937), former English footballer
- Jimmy Adams (golfer) (1910–1986), Scottish professional golfer
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“The worst of revolutions is a restoration.”
—Charles James Fox (1749–1806)
““To me it seems a shocking idea. I despise and loathe myself, and yet you thrust self at me from every corner of the church as though I loved and admired it. All religion does nothing but pursue me with self even into the next world.””
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)