"Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation." -- John Quincy Adams (b. 1767-07-11, d. 1848-02-23; President of the United States of America 1825-03-04 to 1829-03-03), 1822-10-01, letter to James Lloyd [via Wikiquote]