John Adams

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

In a small spacecraft, it was hard for the other two guys to sleep when the on-duty man was talking to Mission Control regularly.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.