When public virtue is gone, when the national spirit is fled the republic is lost in essence, though it may still exist in form
John AdamsBefore any great things are accomplished, a memorable change must be made in the system of education...to raise the lower ranks of society nearer to the higher.
John AdamsDid you ever see a portrait of a great man without perceiving strong traits of pain and anxiety?
John AdamsBut all provisions that He (God) has made for the gratification of our sensesโฆare much inferior to the provision, the wonderful provision that He has made for the gratification of our nobler powers of intelligence and reason. He has given us reason to find out the truth, and the real design and true end of our existence.
John Adams