A militia law, requiring all men, or with very few exceptions besides cases of conscience, to be provided with arms and ammunition... is always a wise institution, and, in the present circumstances of our country, indispensable.

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'.

Pray how does your asparagus perform?

Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'

Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.

It's of more importance to community that innocence should be protected than it is that guilt should be punished