“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”
"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."
- John Adams
Awareness
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who, have a right …and a desire to know"
- John Adams
Awareness
"Always stand on principle…even if you stand alone."
- John Adams
Belief
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
- John Adams
Belief
"I believe awesome things will happen. because it's Monday."
- John Adams
Hope
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity