Now to what higher object, to what greater Character,

can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all

this Knowledge, well digested,

and ready at Command, to assist the feeble and Friendless,

to discountenance the haughty and lawless,

to procure Redress of Wrongs,

the Advancement of Right,

to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue,

to discourage and abolish Tyranny and Vice?

·        John Adams, founding father and 2nd US President
(October 1759)