John Adams (1797-1801)

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

There are two types of education... One should teach us how to make a living, And the other how to live.

"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."

"Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this (White) House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."