Potent Quotable (November 2024)
“If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle.” -John Adams
“Oh, that I may always be able to say to my grandsons, ‘You have learned much and behave well, my lads. Go on and improve in everything worthy.’” -John Adams
“What horrid creatures we men are, that we cannot be virtuous without murdering one another?” -John Adams
“I never delighted much in contemplating commas and colons, or in spelling or measuring syllables; but now… If I attempt to look at these little objects, I find my imagination, in spite of all my exertions, roaming in the Milky Way, among the nebulae, those mighty orbs, and stupendous orbits of suns, planets, satellites, and comets, which compose the incomprehensible universe; and if I do not sink into nothing in my own estimation, I feel an irresistible impulse to fall on my knees, in adoration of the power that moves, the wisdom that directs, and the benevolence that sanctifies this wonderful whole.” -John Adams
“No man who ever held the office of President would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.” -John Adams
Be good to each other,
Nathan
