‘Individual liberty, individual power’

John Quincy Adams in the 1840’s

“My fellow citizens, your individual liberty is your individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of powerful individuals, the nation whose people enjoys the most freedom will be, in proportion to its numbers, the most powerful nation on earth.’’

-- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848),  of Massachusetts. He served as sixth U.S. president (1825-1829), secretary of state (1817-1825) and congressman (1831-1848).