1In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.John Adamsverified·Inaugural Address·March 4, 1797
2It is their power and majesty that is reflected, and only for their good, in every legitimate government, under whatever form it may appear.John Adamsverified·Inaugural Address·March 4, 1797