A government of laws, and not of men.
John Adams
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More quotes by John Adams
- Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
- 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.
- Fear is the foundation of most governments.
- Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
- When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.