Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams
My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. – John Adams
Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams