Adams, John

John Adams (1735–1826), U.S. statesman, president. letter, Feb. 13, 18...


• The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of ...
John Adams (1735–1826), U.S. statesman, president. letter, Oct. 9, 177...


• Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination—everything which can charm and...
notes for A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law


• I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand sce...
Novanglus Papers


• A government of laws, and not of men.
The Adams-Jefferson Letters


• You and I ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other.
The Adams Family Correspondence


• The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to...
• The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to...
• I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
The Works of John Adams


• Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was ...
Thoughts on Government


• The happiness of society is the end of government.
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