[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.

History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.

The relationship between [John] Adams and [Tomas] Jefferson was extraordinary. They differed on every conceivable issue, except on the Revolution and the love of their country.

[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."

By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence."

If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.

Americans, [John Adams] wrote in 1780, believed that their "revolution is as much for the benefit of the generality of Mankind in Europe, as for their own."

More than any other figure in our history [Tomas] Jefferson is responsible for the idea of American exceptionalism.

It was [John's Adams] Massachusetts constitution if anything that influenced people.

[John Adams' writings] had indicted the United States for slavishly copying the English constitution by erecting bicameral legislatures in their state constitutions, most drafted in 1776.

I think [John] Adams was correct when he said that his May resolutions were "an Epocha, a decisive Event," and tantamount to a declaration of independence.

Take me when I'm wild.Take me when I'm free.Take me for meand I will take you as you want to be.

Friendship is that essence which have all flavor in it, when it is lost the taste of life becomes tasteless.

They (Expos fans) discovered 'boo' is pronounced the same in French as it is in English.

The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.

My reward is just to be a better man. You're so close to losing a loved one ... the ultimate goal is to be a better daddy, a better son, a better teammate.

Our government is a gift from God, who calls us to be good stewards of it.

I'm always afraid that I'm being unprofessional, yet I continue to sign all my e-mails 'xoxo.'

In real life I'm not the one who's playing with guns or smoking.

The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well.

Do more than dream. Work.