Life Quote by Charles Krauthammer

“I must study politics and war," wrote John Adams, "that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics, and philosophy, geography, natural history,…

— Charles Krauthammertha

“for politics is in its essence as Adams had said the 'systematic organiztion of hatred': either you were organized or you were not”

— Joyce Carol Oates

“I am persuaded however that he [John Adams] means well for his Country, is always an honest Man, often a Wise One, but sometimes…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. —Henry Adams”

— Oliver Benjamin

As early as 1776, [John Adams] expressed his doubts about America's capacity for virtue. "I have seen all along my Life, Such Selfishness, and…

— Gordon S. Wood

[John] Adams never had an optimistic view of human nature, and his experience in the Congress and abroad only deepened his suspicion that his…

— Gordon S. Wood

“Some talked,some wrote, and some fought to promote and establish it, but you, Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson thought for us all”

— Benjamin Rush

“John Adams even appealed the matter to higher spiritual realities when he said, “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is…

— Ben Carson

[John] Adams was arguing that a separate social order existed that needed to be embodied in senates and his fellow Americans could not accept…

— Gordon S. Wood

[ Massachusetts constitution] was [John Adams] attempt to justify that structure by the traditional notion of social estates - that the executive represented the…

— Gordon S. Wood

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

— David McCullough

“As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that they were…

— James Truslow Adams