There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, there is betrayal. That's why people should read Shakespeare and Dickens as well as history ~~ they will find the best, the worst, the height of noble attainment and the depths of depravity.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

We can know a lot by (Adams') friends and his loyalty to them, ... In the face of political disagreements and eccentricities, it's an inspiring example of how much friends can mean in life.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

It couldn't have happened on a more appropriate day, given that she's been so much involved all along.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

The problem with Adams.

Dropping the key in the box and slipping away in the night.

Because of No Child Left Behind, sadly, history is being put on the back burner or taken off the stove altogether in many or most schools, in favor of math and reading.

It's a mistake and a great shame.

I think how pleased he and Abigail would be if they were here to see how we've gathered today, ... to see the country they so loved still independent, still united and thriving, still strong, still free, and this grand old house looking so magnificent.

I came across a lot of material I wanted to use for the Adams book and wasn't able to.