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.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.