We may... affirm that the balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. The only possible way, then, of preserving the balance of power on the side of liberty and public virtue is to make the acquisition of land easy to every member of society; to make a division of the land into small quantities, so that the multitude may be possessed of landed estates.
John AdamsOur Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
John AdamsHave you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?
John Adams