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, navi...
The best dividends on the labor invested have invariably come from seeking more knowledge rather than more power. Signed Wilbur and Orville Wright, March 12, 1906.
But let us not forget, too, that it was John Adams who nominated George Washington to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. It was John Adams who insisted that Jefferson be the one to write t...
A leader must look and act the part.
Your father’s zeal for books will be one of the last desires which will quit him, Abigail observed to John Quincy
Unfaithfulness in public stations is deeply criminal [he wrote to Abigail]. But there is no encouragement to be faithful. Neither profit, nor honor, nor applause is acquired by faithfulness. . . . The...
Remember all men would be tyrants if they could - from a poem by Daniel Defoe, as written by Abigail to John Adams
You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition.Spoken by Abigail Adams
The more Adams thought about the future of his country, the more convinced he became that it rested on education. Before any great things are accomplished, he wrote to a correspondent, a memorable cha...