My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams
Power always thinks… that it is doing Gods service when it is violating all his laws. – John Adams
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. – John Adams
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams