John Adams

by David McCullough

But I fear that in every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. . . .

People haven't changed much. It's easier to foster hate than it is to foster trust.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study paintings, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

I love this quote. The progression of society. Yet we still haven't moved past the first step.

“There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the Republic into two great

continues as "..great parties, each arranged under its leader and converting measures in opposition to each other.." These founding fathers, smart cookies