“There is, in the human breast, a social affection, which extends to our whole species.”

— John Adams, Letter to Abigail Adams (19 October 1775)

About John Adams

1735 – 1826

Second President of the United States and a leading figure of the American Revolution.

“Education makes a greater difference between man and man, than nature has made between man and brute.”

“A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.”

“No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.”

“Your birthday as my own to me is dear.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“Choose love whenever you can.”

“Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'”

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”