I desire no other inscription over my gravestone than: 'Here lies John Adams, who took upon himself the responsibility of peace with France in the year 1800'.
John AdamsThe executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men.
John AdamsThere is but one element of government, and that is THE PEOPLE. From this element spring all governments. "For a nation to be free, it is only necessary that she wills it." For a nation to be slave, it is only necessary that she wills it.
John Adams