[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will.
John AdamsSwim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.
John AdamsBy my physical constitution I am but an ordinary man ... Yet some great events, some cutting expressions, some mean hypocracies, have at times thrown this assemblage of sloth, sleep, and littleness into rage like a lion.
John Adams