More From John Adams
- "In politics the middle way is none at all."
- "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."
- "The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries."
More In Government
- "If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government."― Barry Goldwater
- "Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty."― Hubert H. Humphrey
- "It’s no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress."― Jock Sturges