John Adams

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination read more

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will read more

I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will preserve their happiness in a tolerable measure

A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is read more

A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at twenty.