Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. – John Adams
I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman. – John Adams
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. – John Adams
The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it — a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes — will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished. – John Stuart Mill