John Adams Quotes:
Ocupation: 2nd U.S. President
Life: October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826
Birthday: October 30
Death: July 4
The fundamental article of my political creed is that despotism, or limited sovereignty, or absolute power is the same [whether] in a majority of a popular assembly; an aristocratic council; or oligarchical junto and a single emperor - equally arbitrary, cruel, bloody and in every respect diabolical.
source: John Adams' Letter to Thomas Jefferson, founders.archives.gov. November 13, 1815. 
topic: Political, Arbitrary, Fundamentals, Absolute Power, Aristocratic
