More From John Adams
- "While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago."
- "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak."
- "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."
More In Government
- "I think in the end, when you’re famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I’ve just become this ambitious, say-whatever’s-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that’s part of my personality, but it’s certainly not anywhere near the whole thing."― Madonna Ciccone
- "I didn’t do improv in college, I never performed, I didn’t do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major."― Demetri Martin
- "Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it."― Cullen Hightower