There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. – John Adams
There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of others. – 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
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. – John Adams