Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. – John Adams
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. – John Adams
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams
But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and sixthe swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. – John Adams
Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination – everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. – John Adams