By 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 AdamsI must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.
John AdamsWhen economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny.
John AdamsNo good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'
John Adams