Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic.
John Quincy AdamsThe gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.
John Quincy AdamsFind a mission that you can give yourself over to and then spend your days moving that mission forward. Man is made so that when anything fires his soul the impossibilities vanish. The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
John Quincy AdamsIt is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.
John Quincy AdamsAmerica does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. Sir Anthony Hopkins portrayal of me was adequate. I do believe that my sideburns were of substantially higher quality, however.
John Quincy Adams