John Adams
  • Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

  • Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

  • Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

  • The happiness of society is the end of government.

  • Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.